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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 development of the novel in Scotland.

This is a subsidiary list to the List of Scottish writers.

A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
Andrew Drummond (living), The Books of the Incarceration of the 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 edit

Margaret Elphinstone (born 1948), The Sea Road

F edit

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 edit

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)
Alasdair Gray (1934–2019), 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

John Quigley (1925–2021), King's Royal

R edit

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
Michael Scott Rohan (1951–2018), 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Fred Urquhart (1912–1995), Time Will Knit

W edit

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)

References edit

^ 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.
^ Lea, Richard (29 December 2019). "Alasdair Gray, influential Scottish writer and artist, dies aged 85". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2019.

[1] Jeffries, Stuart (9 December 2011). "Gilbert Adair obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[2] Reginald, R. (2010). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. Wildside Press LLC. p. 794. ISBN 9780941028776.

[3] "The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[4] "Lin Anderson". www.scottishbooktrust.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[5] 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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