List of Scottish writers

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List of Scottish writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish writers. This list includes writers of all genres, writing in English, Scots, Gaelic, Latin, or any other language.

This is a subsidiary list to the List of Scots.
This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it].

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  • Hamilton Alastair (born 1958), writer, journalist, photographer

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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms.
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English}}} 
Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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Scots refers to the Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland. In Scotland it is sometimes called Lowland Scots or its contraction Lallans
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Scottish Gaelic}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Language codes
ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig
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Latin}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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List of Scots is an incomplete list of notable people from Scotland.

Actors (see also humorists)

Please refer to List of Scottish actors

Architects

  • Robert Adam, (1728-92)
  • William Adam, (1689-1748) Father of Robert and architect and builder

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Thomas Aird (August 28, 1802 - April 28, 1876), Scottish poet, was born at Bowden, Roxburghshire.

He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he made the acquaintance of Professor Wilson, Carlyle and James Hogg, and other men of letters, and so he decided to devote
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Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1695 – 1770), also known in English as Alexander MacDonald or occasionally Alasdair MacDonald of Ardnamurchan, was a military officer during the Jacobite Rising as well as a legendary poet in the Scottish Gaelic language.
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William Alexander, Earl of Stirling (c.1570, Menstrie, Clackmannanshire – 1640) was a Scotsman who was an early developer of Scottish colonisation of Nova Scotia.
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Lin (Linda) Anderson (born in Greenock, Scotland) is a Tartan Noir[1] crime writer, best known as creator of forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod, and screenwriter.

Biography

Lin Anderson was born in Greenock, of Scottish and Irish parents.
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Emma Alice Margaret "Margot" Asquith, Countess of Oxford & Asquith (née Tennant) (February 2, 1864–July 28, 1945) was an Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit.

Margot Tennant was born in Peeblesshire, of Scottish and English descent.
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Sir Robert Ayton (1570 - 1638) was a Scottish poet.

He was the son of Ayton of Kincaldie in Fife. After graduating at St. Andrews, he studied law at Paris, became ambassador to the Emperor, and held other court offices.
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William Edmonstoune Aytoun (June 21, 1813 - 1865) was a Scottish poet, humorist and writer.

Born in Edinburgh, he was the only son of Roger Aytoun, a writer to the signet, and was related to Sir Robert Aytoun.
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Lady Grizel Baillie (December 25, 1665–December 6, 1746), was a Scottish song-writer.

The eldest daughter of Sir Patrick Hume (or Home) of Polwarth, afterwards earl of Marchmont, she was born at Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire.
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Robert Michael Ballantyne

R. M. Ballantyne
Born: March 24 1825(1825--)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: January 8 1894 (aged 70)
Rome, Italy
Occupation: Writer
Nationality: Scottish
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The Coral Island

Title page, illustrated 1893 edition of The Coral Island
Author R.M. Ballantyne
Country Scotland
Language English
Genre(s) Adventure novel
Publisher W. & R.
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Iain Banks

Iain M. Banks at 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005
Pseudonym: Iain M. Banks
Born: 16 January 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
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Iain Banks

Iain M. Banks at 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005
Pseudonym: Iain M. Banks
Born: 16 January 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
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John Barbour (c. 1316 – March 13, 1395), Scottish poet, was born, perhaps in Aberdeenshire, early in the 14th century, approximately 1316.

Biography

In a letter of safe-conduct dated 1357, allowing him to go to the University of Oxford for study, he is described as
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Sir James Matthew Barrie, Bt., Scottish author]] Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist.
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Peter Pan and Wendy

Peter Pan 1915 cover
Author J. M. Barrie
Illustrator Elisa Trimby
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Fiction, Literature, Fantasy.
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Alan Bissett is an author from Falkirk in Scotland. His two novels both utilize Bissett's trademark understanding of Scottish colloquialism, popular culture and Socialist politics.
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William Black (November 13, 1841 – December 10, 1898) was a novelist born in Glasgow, Scotland to Mr. and Mrs. James Black.

He was educated with a view to being a landscape painter, a training that clearly influenced his literary life, and as a writer he became
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Robert Blair (1699 - February 4, 1746) was a Scottish poet.

He was the eldest son of the Rev. Robert Blair, one of the king's chaplains, and was born at Edinburgh. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and in the Netherlands, and in 1731 was appointed to the living
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George Blake (born George Behar, November 11, 1922) is a former British spy known for having been a double agent in service of the Soviet Union. He escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966.
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James Boswell

Born: September 29 1740(1740--)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: May 19 1795 (aged 56)
London, England
Occupation: Lawyer, Diarist, Author

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck
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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson circa 1772,
painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Born: September 18 [O.S. September 7] 1709
Lichfield, England
Died: November 13 1784
London, England
Occupation: poet, biographer,
essayist, lexicographer
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James Bridie was the pseudonym used by Osborne Henry Mavor (January 3, 1888, in Glasgow - January 29, 1951 in Edinburgh) who was a playwright, screenwriter and surgeon.
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Christopher Brookmyre (b. September 6, 1968) is a Scottish novelist whose novels mix politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan Noir author.
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