List of Scottish writers
This list of Scottish writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish writers who have a Wikipedia page. Those on the list were born and/or brought up in Scotland. They include writers of all genres , writing in English, Lowland Scots , Scottish Gaelic , Latin , French or any other language. Please help by adding new names, using the present entry format as far as possible. Writers put on the list who are still without a Wikipedia page have been transferred to the "No-pagers" section on the Talk page.
Abbreviations used: awa = also writes/wrote as, b. = born, c. = circa, fl. = floruit (flourished), or. = originally, RC = Roman Catholic, SF = science fiction, YA = young-adult.
This is a subsidiary list to the List of Scots .
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John Abercrombie (1726–1806), horticulturalist and garden writerPatrick Abercromby (1665 – c. 1716), historian and physicianGilbert Adair (1944–2011), novelist, poet and criticAlexander Adam (1741–1809), classicistJames Adam (1860–1907), classicistJean Adam (1704–1765), poet from the labouring classesMarion Adams-Acton (awa Jeanie Hering, 1846–1928), children's writer and playwrightEwart Adamson (1882–1945), screenwriterHenry Adamson (1581–1639), historianAdomnán (627/8–704), biographer (in Latin), Vita Columbae Douglas Ainslie (1865–1948), poet, translator and criticThomas Aird (1802–1876), poetAlasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1695–1770), poetGillebríghde Albanach (fl. 1200–1230), poet (in medieval Gaelic )William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1570–1640), poet and dramatistWilliam Alexander (1826-1894), journalist and authorJane Alexander (living), novelist and academicArchibald Alison (1757–1839), essayist and Episcopal clericArchibald Alison (1792–1867), historian and advocateWilliam Alison (1790–1859), social reformer and physicianMea Allan (1909–1982), journalist and novelistAdam Anderson (1692/1693–1765), economistAlan Orr Anderson (1879–1958), historianJames Anderson (1662–1728), historianJames Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808), economist and farmerJames Robertson Anderson (1811–1895), playwright and actorJohn Anderson (1726–1796), natural philosopher and reformerLin Anderson (living), crime writerMarjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002), historianPatrick Anderson (fl .1618–1635), author and physicianAndrew of Wyntoun (c. 1350 – c. 1423), poet (in Early Scots ), Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland Aneirin (fl. c. 575 – c. 600), bard (in Brythonic )James Stout Angus (1830–1923), poet (in English and Shetland dialect )Marion Angus (1866–1946), poet (in Braid Scots )J. K. Annand (1908–1993), poet, best known for his children's poemsAlexander Arbuthnot (1538–1583), poet and Church of Scotland ministerJohn Arbuthnot (c. 1667–1735), physician, satirist and polymath William Archer (1856–1924), critic and translatorCampbell Armstrong (1944–2013), novelistHugo Arnot (1749–1786), writer and lawyerWilliam Arnot (1808–1875), minister and theological writerNeal Ascherson (b. 1932), journalist and writerDavid Ashton (b. 1941), screenwriter, novelist and actorMargot Asquith (1864–1945), writer and witWilliam Auld (1924–2006), poet and writer (in Esperanto and English)Robert Aytoun (1570–1638), poetWilliam Edmonstoune Aytoun (1813–1865), poet, humorist and writer
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William Balfour Baikie (1824–1864), naturalist and philologistLady Grizel Baillie (1665–1746), song-writerJoanna Baillie (1762–1851), poet and dramatistAlan Balatine (fl. 1520–1560), historianJames Balfour (c. 1600 – c. 1658), annalist and antiquaryPatrick Balfour , Lord Kinross (1904–1976), historian and biographerR. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894), children's novelist, The Coral Island Iain Banks (awa Iain M. Banks, 1954–2013), novelistAnne Bannerman (1765–1829), poetJohn Bannerman (1932–2008), historianJohn Barbour (1316–1395), poet (in Early Scots)William Barclay (1546–1608), jurist and authorWilliam Barclay (c. 1570 – c. 1630), writer on miscellaneous subjectsElspeth Barker (1940-2022), novelist and journalistLady Anne Barnard (1750–1825), poet and correspondentJohn Baron (1786–1851), biographer of Edward Jenner Damian Barr (b. 1976), columnist and playwrightWilliam Barr (b. 1940), historian of the ArcticJ. M. Barrie (1860–1937), novelist, playwright and children's writer, Peter Pan Carole Barrowman (b. 1959), co-author with John Barrowman , and Professor of English and Director of Creative Studies in WritingMeg Bateman (b. 1959), scholar and poet (in Gaelic )Alistair Beaton (b. 1947), satirist and novelistJames Beattie (1735–1803), poet and moral philosopherEric Temple Bell (1883–1960), science fiction writerJ. J. Bell (1871–1934), story writer and poet (in Scots and English)John Bellenden or Bannatyne (c. 1495 – pre–1548), poet and translator (in Middle Scots)Margot Bennett (1912–1980), thriller writerJulie Bertagna (b. 1962), children's and YA writerErskine Beveridge (1851–1920), historian and industrialistAlan Bissett (b. 1975), novelist and playwright (in Scots and English)David MacLeod Black (b. 1941), poet and psychoanalystJ. B. Black (1883–1964), historianMargaret Moyes Black (1853–1935), novelist and biographerWilliam Black (1841–1898), novelistSheena Blackhall (b. 1947), poet, fiction writer and story tellerJohn Stuart Blackie (1809–1895), classicist and translatorThomas Blackwell (1701–1757), classicist and historianWilliam Garden Blaikie (1820–1899), religious writer, biographer and Free Church of Scotland ministerIain Blair (wrote as Emma Blair, 1942–2011), romantic novelist and actorRobert Blair (1699–1746), poetBlind Harry (awa Harry the Minstrel, c. 1440–1492), poet (in Middle Scots ), The Wallace Hector Boece (awa Boethius, 1465–1536), historian and biographerAlan Bold (1943–1998), poet and biographerHoratius Bonar (1808–1889), poetAlastair Borthwick (1913–2003), author and broadcasterJames Boswell (1740–1795), biographer and diarist, Life of Samuel Johnson Alexander Bower (fl. 1804–1830), biographerWalter Bower (c. 1385–1449), chronicler (in Latin) and abbot, Scotichronicon Don Boyd (b. 1948), novelist and film directorEdward Boyd (1916–1989), screenwriterMark Alexander Boyd (1562–1601), poet (in Latin and Middle Scots)William Boyd (b. 1952), novelist and screenwriterM. C. Bradbrook (1909–1993), critic and scholarRory Bremner (b. 1961), screenwriter, comedian and translatorTheresa Breslin (living), young adult writerJames Bridie (real name Osborne Henry Mavor, 1888–1951), playwright, screenwriter and surgeonEliza Brightwen (1830–1906), naturalistGeorge Brodie (c. 1786–1867), historianDenis William Brogan (1900–1974), political scientistChristopher Brookmyre (b. 1968), novelistDauvit Broun (b. 1961), historianGeorge Douglas Brown (1869–1902), novelist, The House with the Green Shutters George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), Orcadian poet, writer and playwrightGordon Brown (living), crime writerHamish Brown (b. 1934), writer on walkingJames Brown (known as J. B. Selkirk, 1832–1904), Scottish poet and essayistJohn Brown (1722–1787), theologian and minister of the Secession ChurchJohn Brown (1784–1858), theologian and minister of the Secession ChurchJohn Brown (1810–1882), essayist and physicianPeter Hume Brown (1849–1918), historianMary Brunton (1778–1818), novelistBill Bryden (born 1942), screenwriter and stage and film directorJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940), novelist, The Thirty-Nine Steps Dugald Buchanan (Dùghall Bochanan, 1716–1768), poet and Bible translator (in Scots and Gaelic)George Buchanan (1506–1582), historian and humanist (in Latin, Middle Scots and English)Geoffrey Bull (1921–1999), religious writerRhoda Bulter (1929–1994), poet and novelistMary Anne Burges (1763–1813), novelist, geologist and botanistHaldane Burgess (1862–1927), poet, novelist and historianGregory Burke (b. 1968), playwright, Black Watch Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715), theologian, historian and bishopJohn Burnet (1863–1928), classicistJames Burnett (1714–1799), judge and philosopherRobert Burns (1759–1796), national poet and lyricist (in Lowland Scots and English)John Burnside (b. 1955), poet and novelistJohn Hill Burton (1809–1881), historian and economistJohn Byrne (b. 1940), playwright
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Maoilios Caimbeul (b. 1944), poet and children's writer (in Gaelic)Janet Caird (1913–1992), poet, mystery writer, children's writer, teacherJohn Cairncross (1913–1995), scholar, translator and spyJohn Cairns (1818–1892), religious writer and minister of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland Angus Calder (1942–2008), literary critic and historianJenni Calder (née Daiches) (b. 1941), literary historianPeter Ritchie Calder , Baron Ritchie-Calder of Balmashanner (1906–1982), socialist author, journalist and academicDavid Calderwood (1575–1650), historian and Presbyterian ministerHenry Calderwood (1830–1897), philosopher and minister of the United Presbyterian Church of ScotlandAllan Cameron (b. 1952), novelist and translatorNorman Cameron (1905–1953), poetA. Y. Campbell (1885–1958), classicist and poetAngus Peter Campbell (living), novelist, columnist and poet (in Gaelic)Dorothea Primrose Campbell (1793–1863), poet and novelistHarriette Campbell (1817–1841), novelistJames Campbell (b. 1951), biographer and literary journalistJames Dykes Campbell (1838–1895), biographer and scholarJohn Campbell (1708–1775), historian, novelist and translatorKaren Campbell (b. 1968), crime writerLewis Campbell (1830–1908), classicistRod Campbell (b. 1945), children's writer and illustratorThomas Campbell (1777–1844), poetThomas Carlyle (1795–1881), essayist and historianAlexander Carmichael (1832–1912), writer and ethnographerCatherine Carswell (1879–1946), biographer, novelist and criticSìleas na Ceapaich (fl. 1660–1729), female Gaelic poetGeorge Chalmers (1742–1825), antiquary and historianThomas Chalmers (1780–1847), theologian, economist and Free Church of Scotland ministerRobert Chambers (1802–1871), thinker and publisher, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Glenn Chandler (b. 1949), playwright, novelist and screenwriterKeith Charters (b. 1965), children's writer and publisherMarion Chesney (awa M. C. Beaton, etc., 1936–2019), genre novelist Alexander Campbell Cheyne (1924–2006), church historianKate Clanchy (b. 1965), poet and playwrightElizabeth Clark (1918–1978), Scottish poet and playwrightRalph Clark (1755 or 1762–1794), diarist and Royal Marines officerThomas Clark (b. 1980), poet and novelistWilliam Robinson Clark (1829–1912), theologian, biographer and Church of England clericWilliam Cleland (1661–1689), poet and soldierJohn Clerk of Eldin (1728–1812), naval writer and merchantJ. Storer Clouston (1870–1944), novelist and historianMichael Cobley (b. 1959), science fiction and fantasy writerAlison Cockburn (awa Alison Rutherford, 1712–1794), poet and witHenry Cockburn (1779–1854), writer and lawyerJames Cockburn (1882–1973), church historian and Church of Scotland ministerJenny Colgan (also Jane Beaton and J. T. Colgan, b. 1972), novelist and science fiction writerJohn Colville (c. 1540–1605), historian and politicianGeorge Combe (1788–1858), phrenologist and lawyerStewart Conn (b. 1936), poet and playwrightSophie Cooke (b. 1976), novelist, poet and travel writerDominic Cooper (b. 1944), novelist, poet and watchmakerGrace Corbett (also M. Corbett, (c. 1765/1770–1843)Joe Corrie (1894–1968), poet, playwright and collier John William Cousin (1849–1910), biographerHelen Craik (1751–1825), novelist and poetJohn Adam Cramb (awa R. A. Revermont, 1862–1913), historian and novelistJames Brown Craven (1850–1924), church historian and Episcopal ministerRobert Crawford (b. 1959), poet, scholar and criticGeorge Crawfurd (1681–1748), genealogist and historianJohn Crawfurd (1783–1868), writer and colonial administratorAndrew Crichton (1790–1855), biographer and historianSamuel Rutherford Crockett (1860–1914), novelistA. J. Cronin (1896–1981), novelist and physician, Dr Finlay Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975), poet (in Braid Scots and English)Andrew Crumey (b. 1961), novelistCharles Cumming (b. 1971), spy novelistAllan Cunningham (1784–1842), poet, novelist and biographerJoseph Cunningham (1812–1851), historianLady Margaret Cunningham (d. c. 1622), memoirist and correspondentPeter Cunningham (1816–1869), topographical writer and biographerWalterina Cunningham (also M. Corbett, died 1837)Anne Jane Cupples (1839–1896), children's writerIvor Cutler (1923–2006), poet, musician and humorist
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David Daiches (1912–2005), critic and scholarDavid Dalrymple, Lord Hailes (1726–1792), historian and judgeJohn Dalrymple (1726–1810), historian and judge, Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland William Dalrymple (b. 1965), historian and travel writerJohn Graham Dalyell (1775–1851), antiquary and translatorJohn Davidson (1857–1909), poet, playwright and novelistThomas Davidson (1840–1900), philosopherCarol Anne Davis (b. 1961), crime writerChristine De Luca (b. 1947), Scottish poet, writing in English and Shetland dialectCharlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster (1835–1913), novelist, essayist and collector of folkloreThomas Dempster (1579–1625), scholar and historian (in Latin)Lavinia Derwent (real name Elizabeth Dodd, 1909–1989), children's writer, broadcaster and memoiristTom Devine (b. 1945), historianHenry Dewar (1771–1823), writer, minister of religion and physicianImtiaz Dharker (b. 1954), poet, artist and filmmakerAnne Dick (d. 1741), comic poetDes Dillon (living), novelist, poet and screenwriterLady Florence Dixie (1855–1905), feminist, travel writer and novelistJames Main Dixon (1856–1933), author, teacher and scholar of the Scots languageMary Diana Dods ("David Lyndsay", 1790–1830), writer of books, short stories, etc.Gordon Donaldson (1913–1993), historianJames Donaldson (1831–1915), classicist and theologianAnne Donovan (living), novelistColin Douglas (real name Colin Thomas Currie, b. 1945), novelist and physicianGavin Douglas (1474–1522), makar , translator (in Middle Scots) and bishopGeorge Brisbane Scott Douglas (1856–1935), poet and biographerO. Douglas (1877–1948), novelistNorman Douglas (1868–1952), novelist and travel writerSir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 6th Baronet (1694–1770), genealogist responsible for The Baronage of Scotland Patrick Edward Dove (1815–1873), economic philosopherSir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), novelist and story writer, Sherlock Holmes Andrew Drummond (living), novelist and translatorHenry Drummond (1851–1897), religious and scientific writerWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649), poetCarol Ann Duffy (b. 1955), Poet Laureate and playwrightJohn Duignan (1946–2019), novelist and comedy writerJames Dunbar (d. 1798), moral philosopher (in Latin and English)William Dunbar (c. 1460 – c. 1520), poet (in Middle Scots)Andrew Duncan (1744–1828), medical writer and physicianArchie Duncan (1926–2017), historianDave Duncan (b. 1933), fantasy and SF writerHal Duncan (b. 1971), SF and fantasy writerHenry Duncan (1774–1846), reformer, religious writer and minister of the Free Church of ScotlandJane Duncan (real name Elizabeth Jane Cameron, 1910–1976), novelist and children's writerBinnie Dunlop (1874–1946), doctor and advocate of eugenics John Colin Dunlop (c. 1785–1842), historianDouglas Dunn (b. 1942), poet and criticDorothy Dunnett (1923–2001), historical novelist, Lymond Chronicles Niall Duthie (b. 1947), novelist
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Marriott Edgar (1880–1951), Scottish poet and scriptwriterArthur Edmondston (1776–1841), Scottish physician and writer on the Shetland Isles John Elder (fl. 1542–1565), cartographer, tutor and writerCharlotte Elliot (1839–1880), poetJean Elliot (1727–1805), poet (in Scots)Margaret Elphinstone (b. 1948), novelistDavid Erskine (1772–1837), playwright and antiquaryEbenezer Erskine (1680–1754), religious writer, diarist and minister of the Secession Church Ralph Erskine (1685–1752), poet, religious writer and minister of the Secession Church
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Michel Faber (b. 1960), novelistJenni Fagan (b. 1977), novelistWilliam Falconer (1732–1769), epic poetJohn Fardell (b. 1967), children's writer and cartoonistSimon Farquhar (living), playwrightAlison Fell (b. 1944), poet and novelistAdam Ferguson (1723–1816), philosopher and historian, An Essay on the History of Civil Society Craig Ferguson (b. 1962), novelist and screenwriterDavid Ferguson (d. 1598), religious writer and compilerNiall Ferguson (b. 1964), historianRobert Ferguson (c. 1637–1714), pamphleteer and minister of the Church of ScotlandRobert Fergusson (1750–1774), poet (in Braid Scots and English)Eric Fernie (b. 1939), art historianJames Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864), philosopherSusan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854), novelistPaul John Ferris (b. 1963), author and criminalBill Findlay (1947-2005), writer and translatorGeorge Finlay (English-born Scot, 1799–1875), philhellene and Greek historian, founder of the British School in AthensIan Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006), poet and artistIain Finlayson (b. 1945), biographerMatthew Fitt (b. 1968), poet and novelist (in Scots)Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), biologist and physicianDavid Hay Fleming (1849–1931), historianJohn Fleming (1785–1857), naturalist and minister of the Free Church of ScotlandMarjorie Fleming (1803–1811), child writer and poetAndrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716), political writerAminatta Forna (b. 1964), novelist and memoiristVeronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975), poet and a critical theoristNeil Forsyth (b. 1978), biographer and humoristWilliam Fowler (c. 1560–1612), poet and courtierRonald Frame (b. 1953), novelist and short story writerGeorge MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008), historical novelist, The Flashman Papers James Baillie Fraser (1783–1856), travel writerWilliam Fraser (1816–1898), historian, palaeographer and lawyerJames George Frazer (1854–1941), anthropologist, The Golden Bough Robin Fulton (b. 1937), poet and translatorChristopher Fyfe (1920–2008), historian
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James Gairdner (1828–1912), historian and editorGillian Galbraith (living), crime writer and advocateIain Gale (b. 1959), novelist and criticJanice Galloway (b. 1956), novelist and story writer, The Trick is to Keep Breathing John Galt (1779–1839), novelist (in Lowland Scots and English), Annals of the Parish Robert Garioch (1909–1981), poet and translator (in Scots)Alexander Geddes (1737–1802), theologian, Bible translator and poetMichael Geddes (c. 1650–1713), historian and Anglican clericSir William Duguid Geddes (1828–1900), Greek scholar and educationalistAlexander Gerard (1728–1795), philosopher and minister of the Church of ScotlandPat Gerber (1934–2006), novelist and children's writerCharles Gibbon (1843–1890), novelistLewis Grassic Gibbon (real name James Leslie Mitchell, 1901–1935), novelist, A Scots Quair Magi Gibson (b. 1953), poet and children's writerPeter Giles (1860–1935), philologistGeorge Gilfillan (1813–1878), author and poet, mentor of the Spasmodic poets David Gill (1843–1914), astronomerJohn Gillies (1747–1836), historian and translatorRobert Pearse Gillies (1789–1858), poet and writerLesley Glaister (b. 1956), novelist and playwrightDuncan Glen (1933–2008), poet, scholar and editorWilliam Glen (1789–1826), poetDebi Gliori (b. 1959), children's writer and illustratorSue Glover (b. 1943), theatre, radio and television writerJaney Godley (b. 1961), writer and comicAlexander Gordon (c. 1692–1755), antiquaryAlexander Gordon (1841–1931), historian and Unitarian ministerRichard Gordon (1947–2009), novelist, encyclopedist and travel-guide writerRobert Gordon (1786–1853), religious writer, scientist and minister of the Free Church of ScotlandRobert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661), poet, antiquary and cartographerThomas Gordon (c. 1691–1750), polemicist and translatorClementina Stirling Graham (1782–1877), Scottish and authorJames Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650), nobleman, soldier and poetRobert Graham of Gartmore (1735–1797), poetRobert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852–1936), writer and politicianW. S. Graham (1918–1986), poetJames Grahame (1765–1811), poetKenneth Grahame (1859–1932), story writer and children's writer, The Wind in the Willows Anne Macvicar Grant (1755-1838), poet and correspondentElizabeth Grant (c. 1745 – c. 1814), songwriterJames Grant (1822–1887), novelist and historianJohn Grant (b. 1949), SF, fantasy and non-fiction writerJohn Grant (living), children's writer, illustrator and broadcasterK. M. Grant (b. 1958), children's writerAlasdair Gray (1934–2019), writer and artistAlex Gray (b. 1950), crime writerAlexander Gray (1882–1968), scholar, poet and translatorElizabeth Caroline Gray (1800–1887), archaeologist and travel writerMuriel Gray (b. 1958), writer and broadcasterNicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981), children's writer and actorDavid Gregory (1659–1708), mathematician and astronomerDonald Gregory (1803–1836), historian and antiquaryJames Gregory (1638–1675), mathematician and astronomerJames Gregory (1753–1821), classicist and physicianJohn Gregory (1724–1773), moralist and physicianWilliam Gregory (1803–1858), chemist and translatorAndrew Greig (b. 1951), novelist, poet and writer on climbingDavid Greig (b. 1969), playwrightNeil Gunn (1891–1973), novelist and essayistAllan Guthrie (b. 1965), crime writerHenry Guthrie (c. 1600–1676), historian and bishopWilliam Guthrie (1708–1770), historian
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Archibald Richard Burdon Haldane (1900–1982), social historian and writerJames Haldane (1768–1851), theologian and missionaryJohn Joseph Haldane (b. 1954), philosopherAlastair Hamilton (b. 1958), writer, The Appeal of Fascism Janet Hamilton (1795–1873), poetThomas Hamilton (1789–1842), philosopher and novelistWilliam Hamilton (1788–1856), philosopherTom Hanlin (1907–1953), novelistJames Hannay (1827–1873), novelist, journalist and diplomatWilliam Hardie (1862–1916), classicistThomas Hardy (1747–1798), historian, religious writer and Church of Scotland ministerMolly Harrower (1906–1999), pioneering clinical psychologist and poetChristopher Harvie (b. 1944), historian and politicianMargaret Hasluck (1885–1948), geographer and ethnographerMary Elizabeth Hawker (1848–1908), writer of short fiction, pseudonym Lanoe FalconerGeorge Campbell Hay (1915–1984), poet (in several languages)Gilbert Hay (c. 1403 – after 1456), poet (in Early to Middle Scots)Ian Hay (real name: John Hay Beith, 1876–1952), playwright and novelistJohn MacDougall Hay (1880–1919), novelistMairi Hedderwick (b. 1939), children's writer and illustrator, Katie Morag George Henderson (1866–1912), Gaelic scholarHamish Henderson (1919–2002), poet and folksong collectorLizanne Henderson (living), historian and ethnographerThomas Finlayson Henderson , (1844–1923), historian, author and editorFrances M. Hendry (b. 1941), young adult and children's writerRobert Henry (1718–1790), historianRobert Henryson (fl. 1460–1500), poet (in Middle Scots)Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (wrote as Gabriel Setoun, 1861–1930), poet and novelistW. N. Herbert (b. 1961), poet (in English and Scots)Jeanie Hering (1846–1928), children's writer, playwrightRobert Heron (1764–1807), historian and geographerWilliam Maxwell Hetherington (1803–1865), poet, historian and Free Church of Scotland ministerGilbert Highet (1906–1978), classicist and criticJames Hogg (1770–1835), poet, novelist and story writerHenry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782), writer and lawyerJohn Home (1722–1808), minister of religion and playwrightStuart Hood (b. 1915), novelist and translatorIan Donald Cochrane Hopkins (b. 1943), comedy writerGeoffrey Hosking (b. 1942), historianGerald Howat (1928–2007), cricket writer and historianThomas Hudson (d. c. 1605), poet and translatorBen Humble (1903–1977), writer and climberAlexander Hume (c. 1560–1609), poetAnna Hume (fl. 1644), translator, poet and writerDavid Hume (1711–1776), philosopher and historian. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding David Hume of Godscroft (1558–1629), historian, political theorist and poetPatrick Hume of Polwarth (c. 1550–1609), makarJohn Hunt (1827–1907), translator, theologian and Anglican clericAlexander Hunter (1729–1809), science writer and physicianJames Hunter (b. 1948), historianMollie Hunter (1922–2012), young adult and children's writerWilliam Wilson Hunter (1840–1900), historian and statistician
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Alan Jackson (b. 1938), poetViolet Jacob (1863–1946), poet and novelistKathleen Jamie (b. 1962), poetAlexander Jamieson (1782–1850), grammarian and rhetoricianJohn Jamieson (1759–1838), philologist, antiquary and United Secession Church ministerRobert Jamieson (c. 1780–1844), antiquaryRobert Alan Jamieson (b. 1958), poet and novelistQuintin Jardine (b. 1945), crime writerAlexander Jeffrey (c. 1806–1874), historian and lawyerFrancis Jeffrey (1773–1850), critic and judgeRobin Jenkins (1912–2005), novelist and story writerJohn of Fordun (pre–1360 – c. 1384), chronicler (in Latin) and Roman Catholic priestArthur Johnston (c. 1579–1641), poet (in Latin) and physicianD. D. Johnston (b. 1979), novelistMorag Joss (b. 1955), novelist
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Ada F Kay (b. 1929), playwright and biographerJackie Kay (b. 1961), poet and novelistJohn Kay (b. 1948), economistHenrietta Keddie (wrote as Sarah Tytler, 1827–1914), novelist and children's writerRobert Keith (1681–1757), historian and Episcopal bishopIsabella Kelly (1759–1857), novelist and poetMary Kelly (b. 1927), crime writerJames Kelman (b. 1946), novelist, playwright and essayist, A Disaffection James Kennaway (1928–1968), novelist and screenwriterA. L. Kennedy (b. 1965), novelist and story writerSir Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009), journalist, broadcaster, humanist and authorWalter Kennedy (c. 1455 – c. 1508), poet (in Middle Scots)William Paton Ker (1855–1923), critic and essayistPeter Kerr (b. 1940), travel writer and novelistPhilip Kerr (b. 1956), novelist and children's writerRobert Kerr (1755–1813), science writer and translatorJessie Kesson (1916–1984), novelist and playwrightColin Kidd (living), historianWilliam King (b. 1959), SF and fantasy writerBill Knox (1928–1999), crime writer and broadcasterJohn Knox (c. 1514–1572), religious reformer and theologianAngus Konstam (b. 1960), historianFrank Kuppner (b. 1951), poet
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Ross Laidlaw (living), fiction writerAlexander Laing (1787–1857), Lallans verse writer, known as the Brechin poetDavid Laing (1793–1878), editor and antiquaryMalcolm Laing (1762–1818), historianSamuel Laing (1780–1868), travel writerSamuel Laing (1812–1897), politician and writer on science and religionLaura Lam , American expatriate novelist working in ScotlandAlexander Crawford Lamb (1843–1897), antiquaryAnne Richelieu Lamb (1807-1878), feminist writerHelen Lamb (1956–2017), poet and fiction writerNorman Lamont (1869–1949), writer and politicianAndrew Lang (1844–1912), poet, novelist and folk-tale collectorSir Thomas Dick Lauder (1784–1848), writer and antiquaryPaul Laverty (b. 1953), screenwriter and lawyerJohn Parker Lawson (d. 1852), historian and Episcopal ministerRoss Leckie (living), historical novelistAlexander Leighton (1587–1644 or 1649), pamphleteer and Presbyterian preacherPatricia Leitch (b. 1933), children's writerCharlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804), novelist, playwright and poet, The Female Quixote Tom Leonard (1944–2018), poet, novelist and essayist (in English and Glasgow patter )John Lesley (1527–1596), historian and RC bishopIain Levison (b. 1963), memoirist and crime novelistEddie Linden (b. 1935), poet, magazine editor and political activistDavid Lindsay (1876–1945), SF writer, A Voyage to Arcturus Frederic Lindsay (b. 1933), crime writerMaurice Lindsay (1918–2009), poet, biographer and broadcasterWallace Lindsay (1858–1937), classicistRobert Lindsay of Pitscottie (c. 1532–1580), chronicler (in Middle Scots)Eric Linklater (1899–1974), novelist and historian, Private Angelo Liz Lochhead (b. 1947), playwright and poet, Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854), biographer and editorJohn Logan (1748–1788), historian and poetKirsty Logan (b. 1984), novelist and short story writerIain Lom (c. 1624 – c. 1710), poet (in Gaelic)John Longmuir (1803–1883), poet and minister of the Free Church of ScotlandWilliam Laughton Lorimer (1885–1967), scholar and Bible translator (in Scots)Nick Lowe (b. 1956), classicistCharles Lyell (1797–1875), geologist, Principles of Geology Michael Lynch (b. 1946), historianDavid Lyndsay or Lindsay (c. 1490 – c. 1555), poet (in Middle Scots) and courtierHenry Francis Lyte (1793–1847), Anglican divine, hymn-writer and poet
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Anne Macaulay (1924–1998), musicologistLord Macaulay (1800–1859), essayist, historian and poetAlexander Macbain (1855–1907), philologistScott McBain (pseudonym, b. 1960), novelistGeorge MacBeth (1932–1992), poet and novelistStuart MacBride (b. 1969), crime writerBrian McCabe (b. 1951), poet and story writerNorman MacCaig (1910–1996), poetR. B. McCallum (1898–1973), historian and psephologistHugh MacColl (1831–1909), novelist and mathematicianMalcolm MacColl (1831–1907), writer and episcopal clericFionn MacColla (1906–1975), novelistJames McCosh (1811–1894), philosopherThomas M'Crie (1772–1835), historian and United Secession Church ministerJohn Ramsay McCulloch (1789–1864), economistVal McDermid (b. 1955), crime writerHugh MacDiarmid (or. Christopher Murray Grieve, 1892–1978), poet (in Lallans and English)Matthew McDiarmid (1914–1996), critic and poetAllan MacDonald (1859–1905), poet and Roman Catholic priestEthel MacDonald (1909–1960), anarchist and publisherGeorge MacDonald (1824–1905), poet and novelistNorman Macdougall (living), historian and biographerIain McDowall (living), crime writerDavid McDuff (living), translator, critic and poetAlexander Robertson MacEwen (1851–1916), church historian and United Free Church of Scotland ministerRonald Campbell Macfie (1867–1931), poet, science writer and physicianJames Pittendrigh Macgillivray (1856–1938), poet (in Scots) and sculptorElvis McGonagall (living), poet and stand-up comedianWilliam McGonagall (1825–1902), poet and performerJoseph McGrath (born 1930), screenwriter and film directorAlasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970), writer, photographer and poetWilliam McIlvanney (b. 1936), novelist and poetHelen Clark MacInnes (1907–1985), thriller writerJ. T. McIntosh (1925–2008), journalist and science fiction writerPat McIntosh (living), mystery and fantasy writerDuncan Ban MacIntyre (1724–1812), poet (in Gaelic)John William Mackail (1859–1945), classicist, poet and biographerAngus Mackay (b. 1939), historianJames A. Mackay (1936–2007), biographer, philatelist and plagiarizerJohn Henry Mackay (1864–1933), novelist and anarchistJohn McKay (b. 1966) playwright and film directorReg McKay (1953–2009), crime writer and writer on crimeShena Mackay (b. 1944), novelistCharles McKean (1946–2013), architectural historian and Professor of Scottish Architectural History at University of Dundee Gillian McKeith (b. 1959), You Are What You Eat Agnes Mure Mackenzie (1891–1955), novelist, critic and historianAlexander Mackenzie (1838–1898), historianCompton Mackenzie (1883–1972), fiction writer and biographerDonald Alexander Mackenzie (1873–1936), ethnographer and mythologistGeorge Mackenzie ("Bluidy Mackenzie", 1636/38–1691), lord advocate and legal writerHenry Mackenzie (1745–1831), novelist and miscellanistWilliam Mackay Mackenzie (1871–1952), historian and archaeologistPiers Mackesy (1924–2014), military historianEuan MacKie (b. 1936), archaeologistJohn Duncan Mackie (1887–1978), historianDonald MacKinnon (1839–1914), Celtic scholarJames Mackintosh (1765–1832), philosopher, historian and judgeJohn Mackintosh (1929–1978), politicianEwen MacLachlan (1775–1822), classicist and translator (into Gaelic)Ian Maclaren (Rev. Dr John Watson, 1850–1907), fiction writer and theologianAdam McLean (born 1948), writer on alchemyAlasdair Maclean (1926–1994), poet and non-fiction writerAlistair MacLean (1922–1987), thriller writer, HMS Ulysses Fitzroy Maclean (1911–1996), army officer, autobiographer and historian, Eastern Approaches James Noël MacKenzie MacLean (1928–1978), historianSorley MacLean (1911–1996), poet (in Gaelic)Robert McLellan (1907–1985), playwright and poet (in Scots)Iain Finlay Macleod (b. 1973), playwrightJoseph Macleod (1903–1984), poet and playwrightKen MacLeod (b. 1954), science fiction writerNicholas McLeod (fl. 1868–1889), writer on JapanNorman Macleod (1783–1862), writer (in Gaelic) and minister of the Church of ScotlandNorman Macleod (1812–1872), writer (in Gaelic and English) and minister of the Church of ScotlandJames McLevy (1793/4–1873), detective and writer on crimeWilliam Miller Macmillan , leading scholar of liberal South African historiography that emerged in the 1920s and started diminishing in the 1970sRon McMillan (b. 1958), travel writer, crime writer and photo-journalistSarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916), novelist and Red Cross volunteerAonghas MacNeacail (b. 1942), poet (in Gaelic)Kevin MacNeil (living), novelist, poet and playwrightF. Marian McNeill (1885–1973), ethnographer and food writerGraham McNeill (born 1971), novelist and games writerHector Macneill (1746–1818), poet and song-writerRobert Macnish (1802–1837), writer and physicianCatherine MacPhail (b. 1947), children's writerHector Macpherson (1851–1924), biographer and political writerJames Macpherson (1736–1796), poet and feigned translator of the "Ossian" poemsSharon McPherson (b. 1965), writer and publisherDavid MacRitchie (1851–1925), folkloristAngus MacVicar (1908–2001), crime and science fiction writerCandia McWilliam (b. 1955), novelistWes Magee (b. 1939), poet and children's writerRichard Maitland (1496–1586), poet (in Middle Scots) and judgeJohn Major (awa Mair, 1497–1550), philosopher (in Latin and English)Sir John Malcolm (1769–1833), historian, army officer and colonial officialDavid Mallet (c. 1705–1765), playwright and poetAnn Marie Di Mambro (b. 1950), playwright and scriptwriterPeter Manson (b. 1969), poetLaura Marney (living), novelistBruce Marshall (1899–1987), fiction and non-fiction writerTheodore Martin (1816–1909), poet, biographer and translatorErnest Marwick (1915–1977), writer on Orkney folklore and historyJames David Marwick (1826–1908), historian and politicianAllan Massie (b. 1938), novelist and journalistDavid Masson (1822–1907), critic and historianDavid I. Masson (1915–2007), science-fiction writer and librarianRosaline Masson (1867–1949), novelist, biographer and history writerGraham Masterton (born 1946), horror writerColin Matthew (1941–1999), editor and historian, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), naturalist and travel writer, Ring of Bright Water Herbert Maxwell (1845–1937), novelist, historian and politicianPeter May (b. 1951), novelist and screenwriterJames Meek (b. 1962), novelist and journalistAndrew Norman Meldrum (1876–1934), chemist and historianAndrew Melville (1545–1622), classicist, theologian and university reformerElizabeth Melville (c. 1578 – c. 1640), poetDenzil Meyrick (b. 1965), crime novelistJames Mill (1773–1836), historian and economistJohn Millar (1735–1801), philosopher and historianMark Millar (b. 1969), comic book writerMartin Millar (Martin Scott, b. 1960), fantasy novelistHugh Miller (1802–1856), geologistJudith Miller (b. 1951), writer and broadcaster on antiquesKarl Miller (1931–2014), critic and biographerDenise Mina (b. 1966), crime writer and playwrightAlexander Ferrier Mitchell (1822–1899), church historian and Church of Scotland ministerNaomi Mitchison (1897–1999), novelist and poetRosalind Mitchison (1919–2002), social historianSteven Moffat (b. 1961), television writer and producerCharles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff (1889–1930), writer, translator of Proust 's À la Recherche du temps perdu David Macbeth Moir (1798–1851), poet, essayist and physicianDavid Binning Monro (1836–1905), classicist and polymathAlexander Montgomerie (c. 1550–1598), poet (in Middle Scots)James Montgomery (1771–1854), editor, hymn writer and poetJohn Moore (1729–1802), physician and novelistEdwin Morgan (1920–2010), poet (in Scots)David R. Morrison (1941–2012), poet and essayistEwan Morrison , novelist and screenwriterGrant Morrison (b. 1960), comic book writer and playwrightWilliam Motherwell (1797–1835), poet and antiquaryEdwin Muir (1887–1959), novelist and poetWilla Muir (awa Agnes Neill Scott, 1890–1970), novelist and translatorWilliam Muir (1819–1905), orientalistHelen and Morna Mulgray (b. 1939), crime writersNeil Munro (awa Hugh Foulis, 1863–1930), humorist, novelist and criticNeil Gordon Munro (1863–1942), anthropologistRobert Munro 1835–1920, archaeologistRona Munro (b. 1959), dramatist and screenwriterCharles Murray (1864–1941), poetJames Mylne (1757–1839), moral philosopherRobert Mylne (c. 1643–1747), lampooner and antiquary
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Tom Nairn (b. 1932), political writer and essayistCarolina Nairne (originally Oliphant, 1766–1845), songwriter and collectorBill Napier (b. 1940), novelist and science writerJames Napier (1810–1884), antiquary and chemistMacvey Napier (1776–1847), solicitor, legal scholar, and editor of Encyclopædia Britannica Mark Napier (1798–1879), historianAdam Neale (d. 1832), army physician and authorCharles Neaves (1800–1876), poet, critic and juristPatrick Neill (1776–1851), naturalist and travel writerWilliam Neill (1922–2010), poet (in Scots, Gaelic and English)Robin Neillands (1935–2006), travel and military writerIan Niall (also John Kincaid McNeillie, 1916–2002), novelist and writerHume Nisbet (1849–1923), novelist and artistJohn Niven (living), novelist and screenwriter
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Robert Maxwell Ogilvie (1932–1981), classicistWilliam Ogilvie of Pittensear (1736–1819), classicist and reformerWilliam Henry Ogilvie (1869–1963), poetMaggie O'Farrell (b. 1972), novelistAndrew O'Hagan (b. 1968), novelist and essayistLaurence Oliphant (1829–1888), novelist, travel writer and mysticMargaret Oliphant (1828–1897), novelist, historian and travel writerThomas Oliphant (1799–1873), writer and composerNeil Oliver (b. 1967), writer and TV presenterRichard Oram (living), historian and biographerJames Orr (1844–1913), church historian and United Presbyterian Church ministerJohn Oswald (d. 1793), philosopher, poet and social criticAgnes Owens (1926–2014), fiction writer
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Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821), poet of the Romantic Era.Janet Paisley (1948–2018), writer, playwright and poet (in Scots and English)Mungo Park (1771–1806), explorer and travel writerAileen Paterson (1934–2018), children's writerDon Paterson (b. 1963), poetNeil Paterson (1915–1995), novelist and screenwriterHamilton Paul (1773–1854), poet and writerG. C. Peden (b. 1943), economic historianStef Penney (b. 1969), novelist and film-makerAlexander Petrie (1881–1979), classicistAndrew Picken (1788–1833), novelistRicardo Pinto (b. 1961), fantasy writerRobert Pollok (c. 1798–1827), poet and minister of the United Secession Church Jane Porter (1776–1850), Scottish novelist and dramatistAndrew Seth Pringle-Pattison (1856–1931), philosopherRichard Price (b. 1966), poet, novelist and translatorDavid Purves (1924-2015), poet and playwright
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Hugh C. Rae (also Jessica Stirling, Robert Crawford, 1935–2014), historical novelistJanet Milne Rae (1844–1933), novelist and missionaryRobert Rait (1874–1936), historianHannu Rajaniemi (b. 1978), fiction writerAllan Ramsay (1686–1758), poet and playwrightAndrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743), writer on politics and religionCaro Ramsay (living), crime writerEdward Bannerman Ramsay (1793–1872), clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church , and author of Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character William Mitchell Ramsay (1851–1939), archaeologist and biblical scholarIan Rankin (b. 1960), crime writer, Inspector Rebus P. J. G. Ransom (living), transport writerAlastair Reid (b. 1926), poet, scholar and translatorThomas Reid (1710–1796), philosopherRobert Rendall (1898–1967), Orkney Scottish poet, and amateur naturalistAlexander Henry Rhind (1833–1863), antiquarian and archaeologistWilliam Richardson (1743–1814), classicist and criticEdith Anne Robertson (1883–1973), poet in both English and ScotsJames Robertson (b. 1958), novelist and poetRobin Robertson (b. 1955), poetWilliam Robertson (1721–1793), historian and Church of Scotland ministerMichael Scott Rohan (b. 1951), fantasy and SF writerDilys Rose (b. 1954), poet and novelistAlexander Ross (1699–1784), poetAlexander Ross (c. 1590–1654) controversialist and translatorDavid R. Ross (1958–2010), history and travel writerW. D. Ross (1877–1971), philosopherWilliam Roughead (1870–1952), writer on crime and lawyerJohn Row (1568–1646), historian and Church of Scotland ministerJ. K. Rowling (b. 1965), English-born writer of the Harry Potter Archie Roy (1924–2012), science writer and novelistBrian Ruckley (living), fantasy writerThomas Ruddiman (1674–1757), classicistCharlotte Runcie (b. 1989), poetChristopher Rush (b. 1944), novelist and children's writerCraig Russell (b. 1956), novelist and short story writerDavid Syme Russell (1916–2010), theologian and Baptist ministerWilliam Russell (1741–1793), miscellanistSamuel Rutherford (c. 1600–1661), Presbyterian pastor, theologian and author, and one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster AssemblyMargaret Ryan (living), children's writer
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Suhayl Saadi (b. 1961), novelist and dramatistAlexander Scott (c. 1520 – c. 1583), poetAlexander Scott (1920–1989), poetAllan Scott (Allan Shiach, b. 1940), screenwriterAndrew Murray Scott (b. 1955), novelistHarriet Anne Scott (1819–1894), novelistManda Scott (awa Kellen Stewart, b. 1962), crime writer and vetMichael Scott (1789–1835), novelistTom Scott (1918–1995), poet and criticWalter Scott (1771–1832), novelist and poetAnn Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943), poet and story writerHelen Sedgwick (b. 1978), novelist and physicistW. C. Sellar (1898–1951), humorist, 1066 and All That R. J. Yeatman )William Young Sellar (1825–1890), classicistFrancis Sempill (c. 1616–1682), poet and witSir James Sempill (1566–1625 or 1626), author of protestant literature, and diplomatRobert Sempill (c. 1530–1595), narrative poet (in Middle Scots)Robert Sempill the younger (c. 1595 – c. 1663), poet, early user of the Standard Habbie stanzaJames Seth (1860–1925), philosopherAlan Sharp (1934–2013), novelist and screenwriterWilliam Sharp (also Fiona MacLeod, 1855–1905), poet and biographerNan Shepherd (1893–1981), novelist and poetSara Sheridan (b. 1968), novelistRobert Sibbald (1641–1722), historian and physicianJ David Simons (b. 1953), novelistW. Douglas Simpson (1896–1968), architecture and archaeology academic and writerCatherine Sinclair (1800–1864), novelist and children's writerGeorge Sinclair (1787–1834), garden writer and horticulturalistJohn Sinclair (1754–1835), writer on finance and agricultureBurns Singer (1928–1964), poet and translatorWilliam Forbes Skene (1809–1892), historian and editorJohn Skinner (1721–1807), historian, songwriter and Episcopal ministerWilliam Henry Oliphant Smeaton (1856–1914), biographer and children's writerWilliam Smellie (1740–1795), antiquary and encyclopaedistSamuel Smiles (1812–1904), writer and politician, Self-Help Adam Smith (1723–1790), political economist, The Wealth of Nations Alexander McCall Smith (b. 1948), crime writerAlexander Smith (1829–1867), poet and essayistAli Smith (b. 1962), novelistGeorge Adam Smith (1856–1942), theologian and scholarGeorge Smith (1833–1919), historian and geographer, mainly working in IndiaIain Crichton Smith (1928–1998), poet and novelist (in Gaelic and English)James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867), man of lettersJanet Adam Smith (1905–1999), literary journalist, and champion of Scottish literatureSydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975), poet and novelist (in Scots, Lallans and English)Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), novelist and poet, The Adventures of Roderick Random Christopher Smout (b. 1933), Historiographer Royal William Ritchie Sorley (1855–1935), philosopherWilliam Soutar (1898–1943), poet and diarist (in English, Scots and Lallans)Alexander Souter (1873–1949), Biblical scholarJohn Spalding (fl. 1650), annalistMuriel Spark (1918–2006), novelist (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Alan Spence (b. 1947), poet, novelist and playwrightLewis Spence (1874–1955), ethnographer, occultist and poetJohn Spottiswoode (1565–1639), historian and archbishopWilliam Gordon Stables (1840–1910), children's writer and naval surgeonAdam Stark (1784–1867), local historianJohn Gabriel Stedman (1744–1797), military writer and colonial soldierJames Brunton Stephens (1835–1902), poet and novelistJohn Sterling (1806–1844), poet, essayist and fantasy writerGerda Stevenson (living), dramatist and actressD. E. Stevenson (1892–1973), novelistRobert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), novelist, poet and travel writer, Treasure Island Dugald Stewart (1753–1828), philosopherEna Lamont Stewart (1912–2006), playwrightJohn Stewart of Baldynneis (c. 1545 – c. 1605), poet and translator (in Middle Scots)William Stewart (c. 1478–1548), poet (in Scots)Norman Stone (1941–2019), historianCharlotte Carmichael Stopes (1840–1929), writer and women's rights activistMarie Stopes (1880–1958), scholar, playwright and women's rights activistElizabeth Storie (1818-1898), biographer.Zoë Strachan (born 1975), novelist and academicJohn Strang (1795–1863), travel writer, translator, writer about GlasgowJohn Struthers (1776–1853), poet and miscellanistSheila Stuart (1892–1974), children's writerLuke Sutherland (b. 1971), novelist and musicianAnnie Shepherd Swan (also David Lyall and Mrs Burnet-Smith, 1859–1943), romantic novelistJohn Swinton (1829–1901), Scottish-American journalist, newspaper publisher and orator
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Reay Tannahill (1929–2007), historian and novelistRobert Tannahill (1774–1810), poetAlasdair and Hettie Tayler (1870–1937 and 1869–1951), historiansRachel Annand Taylor (1876–1960), poet, biographer and criticFiona Templeton (b. 1951), poet, playwright and directorEmma Tennant (1937–2017), novelist and editorWilliam Tennant (1784–1848), scholar, poet and playwrightJosephine Tey (real name Elizabeth MacKintosh, awa Gordon Daviot, 1896–1952), mystery writer and playwrightEleanor Thom (b. 1979), novelistWilliam Thom (1799–1848), poet (in Scots)Thomas the Rhymer (also known as Thomas Learmonth, c. 1220 – c. 1298), rhymester and prophetMay Miles Thomas , (b. 1959), screenwriterD'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948), polymath, On Growth and Form Derick Thomson (awa Ruaraidh MacThòmais, 1921–2012), poet (in Gaelic), critic and publisherJames Thomson (1700–1748), poet, The Seasons James Thomson (B.V.) (1834–1882), poetThomas Thomson (1768–1852), advocate, antiquarian and archivistWilliam Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), Treatise on Natural Philosophy Alice Thompson (living), novelistD. R. Thorpe (b. 1943), biographerMargaret Todd (c. 1859–1918), novelist, biographer and doctorRuthven Todd (1914–1978), poet, novelist and children's writerJeff Torrington (1935–2008), novelistThomas Toughill (living), non-fiction writerJoseph Train (1779–1852), antiquarian and poetNigel Tranter (1909–2000), historical novelist and historianAlexander Trocchi (1925–1984), novelist and cultural activistWilliam Barclay Turnbull (1811–1863), antiquaryAlexander Fraser Tytler (1747–1813), lawyer and writerPatrick Fraser Tytler (1791–1849), historian and biographer
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John Veitch (1829-1894), poet, philosopher and historian
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Frank Arneil Walker (b. 1938), architectural academic and writerDanny Wallace (b. 1976), comic writer and performerElizabeth, Lady Wardlaw (1677–1727), balladeer (in Middle Scots)Alan Warner (b. 1964), novelistAlan Watson (b. 1933), legal scholarD. E. R. Watt (1926–2004), historianWilliam Montgomery Watt (1909–2006), historian and biographer, Muhammad at Mecca William J. Watson (1865–1948), toponymistWilliam Watson (1931–2005), novelist and playwrightDavid Wedderburn (c. 1580–1646), writer, and schoolmaster at Aberdeen Grammar School James Wedderburn (c. 1495–1553), poet and playwrightJohn Wedderburn (c. 1505–1553), poet and theologianRobert Wedderburn (c. 1510 – c. 1555), poet and vicarMolly Weir (1910–2004), memoirist and actressTom Weir (1914–2006), naturalist and broadcasterIrvine Welsh (b. 1961), novelist, Trainspotting Louise Welsh (b. 1965), thriller writerMortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), archaeologistKenneth White (b. 1936), poet and academicBrian Whittingham (b. 1950), poet and playwrightChristopher Whyte (b. 1952), novelist, poet and translator (English and Gaelic)Jack Whyte (b. 1940), historical novelist and fantasy writerGeorge Whyte-Melville (1821–1878), novelist and poetWilliam the Clerk (possibly William Malveisin , d. 1238), poet (in Old French ), Roman de Fergus Peter Williamson (1730–1799), known as "Indian Peter", memoirist and showmanRobert Willis (1799–1878), translator and writer on medicine and philosophyJohn Wilson (awa Christopher North, 1785–1854), writer and criticRab Wilson (b. 1960), poet, who writes mainly in ScotsDavid Wingate (1828–1892), poet and collierNinian Winzet (1518–1592), Roman Catholic priest and polemicistRobert Wodrow (1679–1734), historianDavid Wolstencroft (b. 1969), screenwriter and novelistHarry Harvey Wood (1903–1977), literary and artistic figure, a founder of the Edinburgh International Festival John Philip Wood (d. 1838), antiquary and biographerJenny Wormald (1942–2015), historian
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