Scottish Thread Of The Day - Authors

[joggerjayne]

Are there any Scottish authors we should start reading?

(not counting Burns, who is a bit difficult to read because he uses words that are not real)

I have a feeling there's some adventure writer person, but I can't put my finger on it.

And the Just William guy ... was he Scottish.

[emeritus]

The Just William guy was a Gal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmal_Crompton

[beejay1124]

was she Gal A Sheils emeritus?
:-)

[Barmaid]

You could try William McGonagall, who has the reputation of being one of the worst poets ever. (Just read some of it, it is dreadful).

[DJHawkes]

you mean like Sir Walter Scott who wrote Rob Roy?

[joggerjayne]

A woman from Lancashire ... not a man from Scotland?

#fail

Well, come on ... Richmal Crompton sounds like a Scottish man's name.

[joggerjayne]

Walter Scott ... that was it !

[albaqwerty]

Shari Low is contemporary female writer jj.

Haven't read any of he novels though, but she writes a piece ini the Daily Record once a week. Humorous.

[owdhamer]

Hamish McGonagall.

[joggerjayne]

Are William and Hamish McGonnagall related?

[owdhamer]

Wharton.

[naomi24]

You’ll find several famous names here, including J M Barrie (Peter Pan), Kenneth Grahame (Wind in the Willows), and Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_writers

[murraymints]

a more modern day . ...Ian Rankin ..Rebus books all set in and around Edinburgh..reading his latest at the moment.....all very good..

[lady-janine]

val macdiarmid. i think she is scottish

[DTCwordfan]

Adam Smith for the politicians and economists out there....The Wealth of Nations, a very important philosophical tome.

Denise Misa - New Blood Dagger - from Glasgow - hard hitting.....

[andrew1707]

John Buchan (The 39 steps, Huntingtower etc)

[quinie]

Stuart Mac Bride if you like crime thrillers.Set in Aberdeen.(colourful language!)
I enjoyed the Robert Douglas books.

[JMR27]

Alex Gray's books about a Glasgow detective are pretty good.

[LyndaB]

Is Alexander McCall a scot? He wrote the Ladies No 1 Detective Agency (one of my favourites) but he has a heroine called (I think) Isabel Dalhousie who lives in Edinburgh. Nowhere near as entertaining as Precious Mamotswe, I think

[Flyhalf]

Ian Banks, but don't start with The Wasp Factory.

[karenmac60]

Bigjack, the Wasp Factory was not inly the first Banks book I read, but the first book for adults (that I didn't have to read for school) that I read and I thought it was amazing! I've recently recommended it to my teenage daughter who seems to be reading a lot of teen trash just now ;-) But to back you up - read Iain Banks JJ, he's bloody brilliant. Maybe start with Espedair Street x