List of Scottish novelists
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List of Scottish 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.
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A
- Gilbert Adair (1944–2011)[1]
- Jane Alexander (born 1974)
- William Alexander (1826–1894), Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk
- Dot Allan (1886–1984), Hunger March
- Mea Allan (1909–1982)[2][3]
- Lin Anderson (living)[4]
- Campbell Armstrong (1944–2013), Assassins & Victims
B
- Andrew Balfour (1873–1931)
- Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894), The Coral Island
- Iain Banks (1954–2013), mainstream and science fiction
- James Barke (1905–1958), The Land of the Leal
- Elspeth Barker (born 1940)
- J. M. Barrie (1860–1937), Peter Pan
- Alistair Beaton (born 1947), A Planet for the President
- Eric Temple Bell (1883–1960)
- Margot Bennett (1912–1980)
- Alan Bissett (born 1975), Boyracers
- Margaret Moyes Black (1853–1935)
- William Black (1841–1898)
- Sheena Blackhall (born 1947)
- Iain Blair (1942–2011)
- George Blake (1893–1961), The Shipbuilders
- Don Boyd (born 1948)
- William Boyd (born 1952), The Blue Afternoon
- Christopher Brookmyre(born 1968)
- George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), The House with the Green Shutters
- George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), Beside the Ocean of Time
- Gordon Brown (living) Falling
- Mary Brunton (1778–1818), Self-Control
- John Buchan (1875–1940), The Thirty-Nine Steps
- Mary Anne Burges (1763–1813) The Progress of the Pilgrim Good-Intent, in Jacobinical Times
- Haldane Burgess (1862–1927) The Viking Path – A Tale of The White Christ
- Graeme Macrae Burnet (born 1967)
- John Burnside (born 1955)
C
- Janet Caird (1913–1992), The Umbrella-Maker's Daughter
- Allan Cameron (born 1952)
- Angus Peter Campbell (living)
- Dorothea Primrose Campbell (1793–1863)
- Harriette Campbell (1817–1841)
- John Campbell (1708–1775)
- Catherine Carswell (1879–1946)
- Glenn Chandler (born 1949)
- Keith Charters (born 1965)
- Marion Chesney (also M. C. Beaton, etc., 1936–2019)
- Thomas Clark (born 1980)
- J. Storer Clouston (1870–1944)
- Michael Cobley (born 1959)
- Jenny Colgan (also Jane Beaton and J. T. Colgan, born 1972)
- Sophie Cooke (born 1976)
- Dominic Cooper (born 1944)
- Grace Corbett (also M. Corbett, (c. 1765/1770–1843)
- Helen Craik (1751–1825), Adelaide de Narbonne
- John Adam Cramb (also R. A. Revermont, 1862–1913)
- S. R. Crockett (1860–1914), The Black Douglas
- A. J. Cronin (1896–1981), The Citadel
- Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
- Charles Cumming (born 1971)
- Allan Cunningham (1784–1842)
- Walterina Cunningham (also M. Corbett, died 1837)
D
- Robert Mackenzie Daniel (1813–1847)
- John Davidson (1857–1909)
- Elspeth Davie (1918–1995), Coming to Light
- Carol Anne Davis (born 1961)
- Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster (1835–1913)
- Des Dillon (born 1960)
- Lady Florence Dixie (1855–1905), Gloriana; or, The Revolution of 1900
- Anne Donovan (living), Being Emily
- Colin Douglas (Colin Thomas Currie, born 1945), medical novels
- Norman Douglas (1868–1952)
- O. Douglas (1877–1948), pen name of Anna Masterton Buchan
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), creator of the Great Detective
- Lady Grange
- John Duignan (1946–2019)
- Hal Duncan (born 1971), real name Alasdair
- Jane Duncan (1910–1976)
- Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001)
- Niall Duthie (born 1947)
E
- Margaret Elphinstone (born 1948), The Sea Road
F
- Michel Faber (born 1960)
- Jenni Fagan (born 1977)
- Alison Fell (born 1944)
- Craig Ferguson (born 1962)
- Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854), Marriage
- Matthew Fitt (born 1968), But n Ben A-Go-Go
- Aminatta Forna (born 1964)
- Ronald Frame (born 1953), Unwritten Secrets
- George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008), Flashman
G
- Iain Gale (born 1959)
- Janice Galloway (born 1955)
- John Galt (1779–1839), Ringan Gilhaize
- Pat Gerber (1934–2006)
- Charles Gibbon (1843–1890), Dangerous Connexions
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901–1935), Sunset Song
- Lesley Glaister (born 1956)
- Richard Gordon (1947–2009), science fiction
- Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932), The Wind in the Willows
- James Grant (1822–1887)
- Lanark[5]
- Andrew Greig (born 1951), The Return of John MacNab
- Gavin Greig (1856–1914), Logie o' Buchan
- Neil Gunn(1891–1973), The Silver Darlings
- Allan Guthrie (born 1965)
H
- Thomas Hamilton (1789–1842)
- Tom Hanlin (1907–1953), Once in Every Lifetime
- James Hannay (1827–1873)
- Ian Hay (1876–1952), pseudonym of John Hay Beith
- John MacDougall Hay (1879–1919), Gillespie
- Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (1861–1930), pseudonym Gabriel Setoun
- James Hogg (1770–1835)
- Stuart Hood (1915–2011)
J
- Violet Jacob (1863–1946), Flemington
- Robert Alan Jamieson (born 1958)
- Quintin Jardine (born 1945)
- Robin Jenkins (1912–2005), The Cone Gatherers
- D. D. Johnston(born 1979)
- Morag Joss (born 1955)
K
- Jackie Kay (born 1961)
- Henrietta Keddie (1827–1914), Beauty and the Beast, pseudonym Sarah Tytler
- Isabella Kelly (1759–1857), Eva
- Mary Kelly (1927–2017)
- James Kelman (born 1946)
- James Kennaway (1928–1968), Tunes of Glory
- A. L. Kennedy (born 1965)
- Peter Kerr (living)
- Philip Kerr (1956–2018)
- Jessie Kesson (1916–1994), The White Bird Passes
- William King (born 1959)
- Bill Knox (1928–1999)
L
- Ross Laidlaw (living), The Linton Porcupine
- Laura Lam (living), Pantomime
- Helen Lamb (1956–2017), Three Kinds of Kissing
- Ross Leckie (born 1957)
- Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804) The Female Quixote
- Tom Leonard (1944–2018)
- Iain Levison (born 1963)
- David Lindsay (1876–1945). A Voyage to Arcturus
- Frederic Lindsay (1933–2013), Brond
- Eric Linklater (1899–1974) Private Angelo
- John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854), Adam Blair
- Kirsty Logan (born 1984), The Gracekeepers
M
- George MacBeth (1932–1992)
- Stuart MacBride (born 1969)
- Hugh MacColl (1831–1909)
- Fionn MacColla (1906–1975), And the Cock Crew
- George MacDonald (1824–1905), Phantastes
- Helen Clark MacInnes (1907–1985), Assignment in Brittany
- John Henry Mackay (1864–1933), The Hustler
- Shena Mackay (born 1944), Heligoland
- Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), Whisky Galore!
- Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831), The Man of Feeling
- Ian Maclaren (1850–1907), pseudonym of John Watson
- Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), The Guns of Navarone
- Ken MacLeod (born 1954), science fiction
- Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916), novelist and relief worker
- Kevin MacNeil (living), The Stornoway Way
- Ian Macpherson (1905–1944), Wild Harbour
- Angus MacVicar (1908–2001)
- Laura Marney (living)
- Bruce Marshall (1899–1987)
- Allan Massie (born 1938), Cold Winter in Bordeaux
- Rosaline Masson (1867–1949)
- Graham Masterton (born 1946)
- Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), novelist, journalist and explorer
- Herbert Maxwell (1845–1937)
- Peter May (born 1951)
- Isabella Fyvie Mayo (1843–1914), The Secret Drawer
- Scott McBain (born 1960)
- Val McDermid (born 1955)
- Iain McDowall (living)
- William McIlvanney (1936–2015)
- J. T. McIntosh (1925–2008)
- Pat McIntosh (living)
- Graham McNeill (living)
- John McNeillie(1916–2002), Wigtown Ploughman
- Candia McWilliam (born 1955)
- James Meek (born 1962), The People's Act of Love
- Denzil Meyrick (born 1965)
- Martin Millar (living), pseudonym Martin Scott
- Denise Mina (born 1966)
- Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999), We Have Been Warned
- Lorna Moon (1886–1930), Dark Star
- John Moore (1829–1902) Zeluco
- Ewan Morrison (born 1968), Distance
- Willa Muir (1890–1970)
- Helen and Morna Mulgray (born 1939)
- Neil Munro (1863–1930), The New Road
N
- William Napier (born 1940)
- Ian Niall (1916–2002) No Resting Place
- Hume Nisbet (1849–1923) Private Angelo
- John Niven (born 1968) Kill Your Friends
O
- Maggie O'Farrell (born 1972), After You'd Gone
- Andrew O'Hagan (born 1968)
- Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897), Miss Marjoribanks
- Agnes Owens (1926–2014)
P
- Neil Paterson (1915–1995)
- Stef Penney (born 1969) The Tenderness of Wolves
- Andrew Picken (1788–1833), The Dominie's Legacy
- Ricardo Pinto (born 1961)
- Jane Porter (1776–1850) The Scottish Chiefs
- Richard Price (born 1966)
Q
- John Quigley (1925–2021), King's Royal
R
- Hugh C. Rae (1935–2014) The Wind from the Hills
- Janet Milne Rae (1844–1933)
- Hannu Rajaniemi (born 1978), The Quantum Thief
- Caro Ramsay (living)
- Ian Rankin (born 1960)
- James Robertson (born 1958), The Fanatic
- The Ice King
- Dilys Rose (born 1954), Unspeakable
- J. K. Rowling (born 1965), Harry Potter
- Archie Roy (1924–2012)
- Brian Ruckley (living)
- Christopher Rush (born 1944), A Twelvemonth and a Day
- Craig Russell (living)
S
- Suhayl Saadi (born 1961)
- Andrew Murray Scott (born 1955)
- Harriet Anne Scott (1816–1894)
- Manda Scott (born 1962)
- Michael Scott (1789–1835)
- Tom Scott (1918–1995)
- Walter Scott (1771–1832), Waverley
- Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943)
- George Scott-Moncrieff (1910–1974), Burke Street
- Helen Sedgwick (living)
- Alan Sharp (1934–2013), A Green Tree in Gede
- Nan Shepherd (1893–1981), The Quarry Wood
- Sara Sheridan (born 1968), The Fair Botanists
- J. David Simons (born 1953)
- Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864)
- Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948)
- Ali Smith (born 1962)
- Iain Crichton Smith (1928–1998), Consider the Lilies
- Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1995), Carotid Cornucopia
- Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), The Adventures of Roderick Random
- Muriel Spark (1918–2006), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Alan Spence (born 1947), Way to Go
- James Brunton Stephens (1835–1902)
- John Sterling (1806–1844)
- D. E. Stevenson (1892–1973)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Treasure Island
- Zoë Strachan (born 1975), Negative Space
- John Strang (1795–1863)
- Luke Sutherland (born 1971)
- Annie Shepherd Swan (1859–1943), Aldersyde
T
- Reay Tannahill (1929–2007)
- Emma Tennant (1937–2017), Two Women of London: The Strange Case of Ms. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde
- Josephine Tey (1896–1952), The Daughter of Time
- Ismar Thiusen(John MacNie, 1844–1909)
- Eleanor Thom (born 1979)
- Alice Thompson (living)
- Margaret Todd (1859–1918)
- Ruthven Todd (1914–1978)
- Jeff Torrington (1935–2008), Swing Hammer Swing
- Nigel Tranter (1909–2000), Trespass
- Alexander Trocchi (1925–1984), Young Adam
U
- Fred Urquhart (1912–1995), Time Will Knit
W
- Alan Warner (born 1964)
- William Watson (1931–2005)
- Irvine Welsh (born 1958), Trainspotting
- Louise Welsh (born 1965), The Cutting Room
- Christopher Whyte (born 1952)
- Jack Whyte (1940–2021)
- George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878), Digby Grand
- David Wolstencroft (born 1969)
See also
- List of novelists
- List of Scottish science fiction writers
References
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (9 December 2011). "Gilbert Adair obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ISBN 9780941028776.
- ^ "The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Lin Anderson". www.scottishbooktrust.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Lea, Richard (29 December 2019). "Alasdair Gray, influential Scottish writer and artist, dies aged 85". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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