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page 121st-century Scottish writers

Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player

James Mirrlees
Scottish economist (1936-2018)

Irvine Welsh
Scottish writer
Ali Smith
British author and journalist

William Boyd
Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screen writer (born 1952)

Alasdair Gray
Scottish writer and artist (1934–2019)
Philip Kerr
British novelist (1956–2018)
Michel Faber
Dutch writer
Dougal Dixon
British author
Drew Pearce
British writer and director
Tam Dalyell
Scottish politician (1932-2017)
William McIlvanney
British writer, precursor of tartan noir genre (1936–2015)

Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Scottish screenwriter
Manda Scott
British writer

David Butler
Scottish screenwriter (1927-2006)
Gail Honeyman
Scottish novelist
Sharman Macdonald
Scottish playwright
Shena Mackay
British writer
Hamish MacInnes
Scottish mountain climber (1930–2020)
Kerry Hudson
British writer

Glenn Chandler
British writer
Mollie Hunter
Scottish children's writer (1922-2012)
Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul
Scottish Gaelic writer and actor