List of Scottish writers
Alphabetical list of Scottish writers :
A.
- Gilbert Adair (1944-2011)
- Thomas Aird
- Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair (Alexander MacDonald, ca.1698–1770 )
- William Alexander, 2nd Earl of Stirling (ca.1570–1640)
- Alexander Anderson
- Marion Angus
- Alexander Arbuthnot
- John Armstrong (1709–1779)
- Margot Asquith (1864-1945)
- Robert Ayton
- William Edmonstoune Aytoun (1813-1865)
B.
- Lady Grizel Baillie
- RM Ballantyne (1825-1894)
- Iain Banks , known as Iain M. Banks (1954-2013)
- John Barbour (after 1316–1395)
- John Barclay (1582-1621)
- Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937): Peter Pan
- James Beattie (1735-1803)
- John Joy Bell
- William Black (1841–1898)
- John Stuart Blackie (1809–1895)
- Robert Blair
- George Blake (1893-1961)
- James Boswell (1740-1795)
- Mark Alexander Boyd
- James Bridie
- Christopher Brookmyre (* 1968)
- George Douglas Brown
- George Mackay Brown (1921-1996)
- Michael Bruce
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940)
- Robert Burns (1759-1796)
- John Burnside (born 1955)
- Ron Butlin
- George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)
C.
- Norman Cameron
- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
- Catherine Carswell (1879-1946)
- Sìleas na Ceapaich (approx. 1660–1729)
- Marion Chesney (1936-2019)
- William Cleland
- Alison Cockburn
- Joe Corrie
- Iain Crichton Smith
- SR Crockett
- AJ Cronin (1896-1981)
- Helen Cruickshank
- Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
- Robert Cunninghame-Grahame of Gartmore
- Ivor Cutler (1923-2006)
D.
- John Davidson
- Edward Davison
- Rob Donn
- Gavin Douglas (between 1474 and 1476–1522)
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
- Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
- William Dunbar (around 1460 – around 1520)
- Jane Duncan
- Douglas Dunn (born 1942), poet
- Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001)
E.
- Jean Elliot
- David Erskine (1772-1837)
F.
- William Falconer (1732–1769)
- Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
- Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
- Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006)
- Matthew Fitt
- GS Fraser
G
- Janice Galloway (* 1955)
- John Galt (1779-1839)
- Robert Garioch (1909-1981)
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-1935)
- George Gilfillan (1813-1878)
- Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936)
- Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
- Anne Grant (1755-1838)
- Elizabeth Grant (1797-1885)
- Iain Grant
- Alasdair Gray (1934-2019)
- Alexander Gray (1882–1968)
- David Gray (1838–1861)
- Neil M. Gunn (1891-1973)
H
- William Hamilton (1730-1803)
- John MacDougall Hay
- Gilbert Hay
- Hamish Henderson
- JF Hendry
- Robert Henryson
- Robert Herring
- Laura Hird (* 1966)
- James Hogg (1770-1835)
- Richard Holland
- John Home
- Huchoun
- Alexander Hume (around 1560–1609)
- Mollie Hunter (born 1922)
J
- Violet Jacob (1863-1946)
- Arthur Johnston (1898-1954)
K
- Jackie Kay (born 1961)
- James Kelman (born 1946)
- James Kennaway (also: James Peebles Ewing Kennaway) (1928–1968)
- AL Kennedy (* 1965)
- Jessie Kesson
L.
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
- Tom Leonard
- David Lindsay (1876-1945)
- Eric Linklater (1899–1974)
- Liz Lochhead
- John Gibson Lockhart
- Iain Lom
- David Lyndsay (around 1490–1554)
- Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)
M.
- Robert Murray M'Cheyne
- George MacBeth (1932-1992)
- Stuart MacBride (* 1969)
- Norman MacCaig
- Fionn Mac Colla
- Norman MacCaig , poet
- Val McDermid (born 1955)
- Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978), poet
- George MacDonald (1824–1905), poet, novelist
- William McGonagall (1825-1902)
- Alasdair Alpin MacGregor
- Duncan McIntyre , Gaelic poet, aka Duncan Ban McIntyre
- John William Mackail
- Shena Mackay (born 1944)
- George Mackay Brown (1921-1996)
- John Mackail , classical scholar and writer
- Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972)
- Sorley MacLean (1911–1996), Scottish Gaelic poet
- Fiona Macleod (1855-1905)
- Ken MacLeod (born 1954)
- Hector Macneill
- Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831)
- Ian Maclaren
- Alistair MacLean (1922-1987)
- Robert McLellan
- James Macpherson (1736–1796)
- Richard Maitland (1496–1586)
- Marriott Edgar
- John Mayne
- Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969)
- Scott McBain (* 1960)
- William McIlvanney (1936-2015)
- William Julius Mickle
- Hugh Miller (1802-1856)
- AA Milne (1882-1956)
- Harold Ian Miltner (* 1970)
- Sir Edward Montague
- Alexander Montgomerie (around 1550–1598)
- Edwin Morgan (1920-2010)
- William Motherwell
- Edwin Muir (1887-1959)
- Neil Munro
- William Murdoch (1754-1839)
- Charles Murray
N
O
- William Henry Ogilvie (1869–1963)
- Andrew O'Hagan (* 1968)
- Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne , 18th century composer
- Margaret Oliphant
- George Outram
P
- Isabel Pagan
- Don Paterson (born 1963)
- Thomas Pringle (1789-1834)
R.
- Allan Ramsay (1686-1758)
- Ian Rankin (* 1960): Inspector Rebus crime novels
- Robin Robertson (* 1955)
- John Rolland (fl. 1560)
S.
- Alexander Scott (around 1520 – around 1584)
- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- Robert Sempill the Younger
- James Sempill
- Robert Sempill
- William Sharp (1855-1905)
- Nan Shepherd
- Ronald Shone (* 1946)
- John Skinner
- Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948)
- Walter Chalmers Smith
- Sydney Goodsir Smith
- Tobias Smollett (1721–1771)
- Charles Sorley (1895-1915)
- William Soutar
- Muriel Spark (1918-2006)
- Lewis Spence (1874–1955)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
- Mary Stewart (1916-2014)
- Muriel Stuart
- Annie S. Swan
T
- Margaret Tait
- Robert Tannahill (1774-1810)
- Josephine Tey (1896–1952)
- William Thom
- James Thomson (1700) (1700-1748)
- James Thomson (1834) (1834-1882)
- Ruthven Todd (1914–1978)
- Nigel Tranter
- Alexander Trocchi (1925–1984)
- Gael Turnbull
U
- Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660)
V
W.
- Maurice Walsh (1879-1964)
- Alan Warner (born 1964)
- Irvine Welsh (* 1958)
- Louise Welsh (* 1965)
- Kenneth White (* 1936)
- Alexander Wilson (1766-1813)
- John Wilson