Todd McEwen (born 1953 in

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) is an American writer. A graduate of

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, he has been a resident of Scotland since 1981 and is married to novelist Lucy Ellmann. He has published four novels: ''Fisher's Hornpipe'' (1983), ''McX: A Romance of the Dour'' (1991), ''Arithmetic'' (1998) and ''Who Sleeps with Katz'' (2003). He has also written for ''

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'' magazine and contributed book reviews to ''

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'' and other newspapers. He teaches creative writing at the

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