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1921- 1996. Orcadian writer.
Sites about Dorothy Dunnett, author of the historical series and novels "Lymond Chronicles," the "House of Niccolo," and King Hereafter. Dunnett was also the author of a murder mystery series, a painter, and the wife of newspaper editor Alastair Dunnett.
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Real name James Leslie Mitchell, 1901- 1935. Author of science fiction and the Scots Quair, a trilogy which includes the popular Sunset Song.
Scottish writer born in Caithness in 1891, died 1973. Best known for his novel The Silver Darlings.
Scottish writer and critic born in Edinburgh in 1941, now resident in Perthshire.
Born in Glasgow in 1944 and educated in the city.
Has published several collections of poetry, mostly in Glaswegian dialect.
Most recently, appointed Professor of Creative Writing (with Alasdair Gray and James Kelman) at Glasgow University.
Scottish poet born in Glasgow in 1953, now resident in Dumfries.
1910-1996. By the time of his death had become known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry.
1892-1978; born Christopher Murray Grieve.

His vision of cultural and political renaissance in Scotland powered his journalism, polemic and poetry. He developed and wrote in Lallans.
(Somhairle MacGill-Eain in Gaelic): Scottish poet born 1911, died 1996. Wrote in Gaelic.
Best known for his bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith is also the author of four other ongoing fiction series: Sunday Philosophy Club, Portuguese Irregular Verbs, 44 Scotland Street, and Corduroy Mansions. He has also written children's books, short stories, books on criminal law, and a textbook on law and medicine. His books have been published in forty-five languages. McCall Smith was born to Scottish parents in 1948 in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He studied law at the University of Edinburgh and returned to Africa to help establish the law school at the University of Botswana. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh.
Scottish poet, born 1920.
Ian Rankin is a 20th century crime writer. He is most famous for his Inspector Rebus series of books and short stories, but has also written novels involving other protagonists.
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1898-1943; born and lived most of his life in Perth, bedridden by 1930.
Scottish novelist and journalist, born 1925, died 1984.