Category
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A. J. Cronin
Scottish novelist (1896–1981)

Kenneth Grahame
British novelist

Irvine Welsh
Scottish writer
John Buchan
Scottish author and politician (1875–1940)

Ian Rankin
Scottish writer

Andrew Lang
Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic (1844–1912)
Alexander McCall Smith
British writer

Eric Temple Bell
Scottish American mathematician and science fiction author (1883-1960)
Josephine Tey
Scottish author (1896–1952)
Michel Faber
Dutch writer
James Kelman
Scottish writer
Eric Linklater
Scottish fiction, history and travel writer (1899–1974)
William Black
British novelist (1841–1898)
William McIlvanney
British writer, precursor of tartan noir genre (1936–2015)
George Mackay Brown
poet (1921–1996)
Helen MacInnes
20th-century Scottish-American author
Iain Crichton Smith
Scottish poet and novelist (1928–1998)
Stuart MacBride
Scottish writer

Neil Paterson
Scottish screenwriter (1916-1995)
Violet Jacob
Scottish writer (1863–1946)
Bernard MacLaverty
Irish writer
Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet
British horticulturist and genealogist (1845-1937)
Christopher Whyte
Scottish writer
Nan Shepherd
(1893 - 1981), Scottish novelist, poet, educator
Alan Warner
Scottish novelist
Jack Whyte
Canadian writer (1940–2021)
Bill Napier
British astronomer and writer
James Buchan
British writer
Alfred Walter Stewart
British chemist and writer (1880–1947)

Martin Millar
British writer (1956-)
Willa Muir
Scottish novelist, essayist and translator
Estelle Maskame
author
Alan Sharp
Scottish novelist and screenwriter (1934–2013)
Christopher Brookmyre
Scottish novelist

Walker Hamilton
British writer (1934–1969)
Ron Butlin
Scottish writer
George Blake
Scottish journalist, literary editor and novelist (1893–1961)
J. Storer Clouston
author and historian from Orkney
Neil M. Gunn
Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist (1891–1973)
James C. Welsh
British politician (1880-1954)
Adam Fergusson
British politician (born 1932)
Graham McNeill
writer
James Robertson
Scottish writer and publisher

Glenn Chandler
British writer
George MacBeth
British writer (1932–1992)
Sydney Goodsir Smith
New Zealand writer (1915–1975)
Luke Sutherland
Scottish writer and musician
Andrew Crumey
British writer