List of Scottish novelists
List of Scottish novelists is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish novelists. This list includes novelists of all genres, writing in English, Scots, Gaelic or any other language. Novelists writing in the Scottish tradition are part of the development of the novel in Scotland.
This is a subsidiary list to the List of Scottish writers.
A
- Gilbert Adair (1944-2011)[1]
- Mea Allan (1909-1982)[2][3]
- Lin Anderson[4]
B
- Andrew Balfour
- Iain Banks (born 1954), aka Iain M. Banks, wrote mainstream novels under the first name, and most of his science fiction novels under the second
- Elspeth Barker
- J. M. Barrie (1860–1937), author of Peter Pan
- Eric Temple Bell
- Margot Bennett (1912–1980)
- Christopher Brookmyre (born 1968)
- George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), Beside the Ocean of Time
- Mary Brunton (1778–1818)
- John Buchan (1875–1940), The Thirty-Nine Steps
- Graeme Macrae Burnet
C
- Keith Charters (born 1965)
- J. Storer Clouston
- Michael Cobley
- Jenny Colgan
- JJ Connington
- Dominic Cooper (born 1944)
- Iain Crichton Smith (1928–1998)
- Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1860–1914)
- A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)
- Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
D
- Robert Mackenzie Daniel (1813–1847)
- Anne Donovan
- Colin Douglas (born 1945), pseudonym of Colin Thomas Currie; Edinburgh medical novels with many thinly disguised real characters
- O. Douglas (1877–1948), pen name of Anna Masterton Buchan
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), creator of the Great Detective, discoverer of The Lost World, believer in fairies
- Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001)
- Niall Duthie (born 1947), novelist
F
G
- Janice Galloway
- Richard Gordon, science fiction
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song
- Kenneth Grahame
- Alasdair Gray, Lanark
- Andrew Greig
- Neil Gunn, The Silver Darlings
K
L
M
- George MacBeth (1932–1992)
- Stuart MacBride (born 1969)
- Hugh MacColl
- George MacDonald (1824–1905), Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, Lilith
- Helen Clark MacInnes (1907–1985), suspense novels
- Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), Whisky Galore!
- Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), The Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare
- Ken MacLeod (born 1954), science fiction
- Angus MacVicar
- Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), novelist, journalist and explorer
- Laura Marney
- Bruce Marshall
- Allan Massie
- Rosaline Masson
- Peter May
- Val McDermid
- Iain McDowall
- William McIlvanney (born 1936)
- J. T. McIntosh
- Pat McIntosh
- Graham McNeill
- Candia McWilliam (born 1955)
- James Meek
- Denise Mina
- Naomi Mitchison
- Neil Munro
O
P
- Andrew Picken (1788–1833)
R
S
- Andrew Murray Scott (born 1955), novelist
- Manda Scott (born 1962)
- Michael Scott (1789–1835)
- Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), innovator of the historical novel
- Alan Sharp (born 1934)
- Nan Shepherd (1893–1981)
- J David Simons (born 1953)
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Ali Smith (born 1962)
- Iain Crichton Smith (1928–1998), Consider the Lilies
- Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), The Adventures of Roderick Random, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
- Muriel Spark (1918–2006)
- D. E. Stevenson (1892–1973)
- Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850–1894), Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Treasure Island
- Luke Sutherland (born 1971)
T
- Emma Tennant
- Josephine Tey
- Ismar Thiusen
- Alice Thompson
- Ruthven Todd
- Nigel Tranter (1909–2000), Scottish historical novels, westerns, contemporary adventure, children's books, non-fiction (history, Scotland, Scottish architecture)
- Alexander Trocchi
W
- Alan Warner (born 1964)
- William Watson (1931–2005)
- Irvine Welsh (born 1958)
- Louise Welsh (born 1965)
- George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878)
- David Wishart
- David Wolstencroft (born 1969)
See also
References
- ↑ Jeffries, Stuart (9 December 2011). "Gilbert Adair obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ↑ Reginald, R. (2010). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. Wildside Press LLC. p. 794. ISBN 9780941028776.
- ↑ "The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ↑ "Lin Anderson". www.scottishbooktrust.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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