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
- Gilbert Adair (1944–2011)[1]
- Mea Allan (1909–1982)[2][3]
- Lin Anderson (living)[4]
B
- Andrew Balfour (1873–1931)
- Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894), The Coral Island
- Iain Banks (1954-2013), mainstream and science fiction
- Elspeth Barker (born 1940)
- J. M. Barrie (1860–1937), Peter Pan
- Eric Temple Bell (1883–1960)
- Margot Bennett (1912–1980)
- William Black (1841–1898)
- Christopher Brookmyre (born 1968)
- George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), Beside the Ocean of Time
- Mary Brunton (1778–1818)
- John Buchan (1875–1940), The Thirty-Nine Steps
- Graeme Macrae Burnet (born 1967)
C
- Janet Caird (1913–1992)
- 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)
- Helen Craik (1751–1825), Adelaide de Narbonne
- John Adam Cramb (also R. A. Revermont, 1862–1913)
- Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1860–1914)
- A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)
- Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
- Allan Cunningham (1784–1842)
D
- Robert Mackenzie Daniel (1813–1847)
- Carol Anne Davis (born 1961)
- Anne Donovan (living), Buddha Da
- Colin Douglas (Colin Thomas Currie, born 1945), medical novels
- O. Douglas (1877–1948), pen name of Anna Masterton Buchan
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), creator of the Great Detective
- John Duignan (1946–2019)
- Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001)
- Niall Duthie (born 1947)
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)
- Aminatta Forna (born 1964)
G
- Iain Gale (born 1959)
- Janice Galloway (born 1955)
- 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)
- Neil Gunn (1891–1973), The Silver Darlings
H
- James Hannay (1827–1873)
J
- Violet Jacob (1863–1946), Flemington
- Robert Alan Jamieson (born 1958)
- Quintin Jardine (born 1945)
- Robin Jenkins (1912–2005)
- D. D. Johnston (born 1979)
- Morag Joss (born 1955)
K
- Jackie Kay (born 1961)
- James Kelman (born 1946)
- James Kennaway (1928–1968)
- A. L. Kennedy (born 1965)
- Philip Kerr (1956–2018)
- Jessie Kesson (1916–1994)
- William King (born 1959)
L
- Ross Laidlaw (living)
- Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804) The Female Quixote
- Iain Levison (born 1963)
- David Lindsay (1876–1945)
- Eric Linklater (1899–1974) Private Angelo
M
- George MacBeth (1932–1992)
- Stuart MacBride (born 1969)
- Hugh MacColl (1831–1909)
- George MacDonald (1824–1905), Phantastes
- Helen Clark MacInnes (1907–1985), Assignment in Brittany
- Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), Whisky Galore!
- Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831), The Man of Feeling
- Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), The Guns of Navarone
- Ken MacLeod (born 1954), science fiction
- Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916), novelist and relief worker
- Angus MacVicar (1908–2001)
- Laura Marney (living)
- Bruce Marshall (1899–1987)
- Allan Massie (born 1938)
- Rosaline Masson (1867–1949)
- Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), novelist, journalist and explorer
- Peter May (born 1951)
- Val McDermid (born 1955)
- Iain McDowall (living)
- William McIlvanney (born 1936)
- J. T. McIntosh (1925–2008)
- Pat McIntosh (living)
- Graham McNeill (living)
- Candia McWilliam (born 1955)
- James Meek (1742–1810)
- Denise Mina (born 1966)
- Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999), We Have Been Warned
- Helen and Morna Mulgray (born 1939)
- Neil Munro (1863–1930)
N
- Hume Nisbet (1849–1923) Private Angelo
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
- Andrew Picken (1788–1833), The Dominie's Legacy
R
- Janet Milne Rae (1844–1933)
- Hannu Rajaniemi (born 1978), The Quantum Thief
- Ian Rankin (born 1960)
- Michael Scott Rohan (1951–2018), The Ice King
- J. K. Rowling (born 1965), Harry Potter
- Archie Roy (1924–2012)
S
- Suhayl Saadi (born 1961)
- Andrew Murray Scott (born 1955)
- Manda Scott (born 1962)
- Michael Scott (1789–1835)
- Walter Scott (1771–1832), Waverley
- Alan Sharp (born 1934)
- Nan Shepherd (1893–1981), The Quarry Wood
- Sara Sheridan (born 1968)
- 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
- Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), The Adventures of Roderick Random
- Muriel Spark (1918–2006), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Alan Spence (born 1947),
- 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)
T
- 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)
- Alice Thompson (living)
- Ruthven Todd (1914–1978)
- Nigel Tranter (1909–2000), Trespass
- Alexander Trocchi (1925–1984)
W
- Alan Warner (born 1964)
- William Watson (1931–2005)
- Irvine Welsh (born 1958)
- Louise Welsh (born 1965)
- 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.
- ^ 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.