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
genre
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s, writing in English,
Lowland Scots,
Scottish Gaelic
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,
Latin
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, 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
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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See also
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List of Scottish dramatists
This is a list of playwrights either born in Scotland or living/based in Scotland. Playwrights whose work is in Scottish Gaelic and Broad Scots are included.
A – J
K – Z
See also
*Theatre of Scotland
*List of theatres in Scotland
*List ...
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List of Scottish novelists
List of Scottish novelists is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish novelists. It includes novelists of all genres writing in English, Scots, Gaelic or any other language. Novelists writing in the Scottish tradition are part of the devel ...
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List of Scottish poets
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List of Scottish science fiction writers
This is an alphabetical list of science fiction writers connected to Scotland by birth, death or long-term residence.
A
*Gilbert Adair
*Mea Allan
*William Archer (critic), William Archer
*Marion Arnott
*Kate Atkinson (writer), Kate Atkinson
* ...
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List of Scottish short story writers
This is an alphabetical list of short story writers from Scotland.
* William Black
* John Burke
* John Burnside
* Arthur Conan Doyle
* A. J. Cronin
* Carol Anne Davis
* Bill Drummond
* Alastair Dunnett
* Ian Hamilton Finlay
* Matthew Fitt
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Lists of writers
The following are lists of writers:
Alphabetical indices
A – B – C – D –
E – F –
G – H –
I – J –
K – L –
M – N –
O – P â ...
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Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes works in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin, Norn or other languages written within the modern boundaries of Scotland.
The earli ...
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Writers' Museum
The Writers’ Museum, housed in Lady Stair's House at the Lawnmarket on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, presents the lives of three of the foremost Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Run by the City of Edinb ...
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