Iain Banks
George Mackay Brown
George Bruce
John Burnside
Douglas Dunn
Dorothy Dunnett
Michel Faber
Janice Galloway
Robert Garioch
Alasdair Gray
Andrew Greig
George Campbell Hay
Hamish Henderson
Laura Hird
Kathleen Jamie
A L Kennedy
Jessie Kesson
Tom Leonard
Joan Lingard
Liz Lochhead
Norman MacCaig
Hugh MacDiarmid
William McIlvanney
Shena Mackay
Sorley Maclean
Naomi Mitchison
Edwin Morgan
Janet Paisley
Aileen Paterson
Ian Rankin
J K Rowling
Sydney Goodsir Smith
Ali Smith
Alan Spence
Nigel Tranter
Irvine Welsh
Modern Scottish writers
This site features a selection of leading Scottish writers, photographed in a 30-year period by Edinburgh publisher and photographer Gordon Wright. It is based on an exhibition held at the National Library of Scotland in 2001.
Gordon Wright's photographs featured in 'The write stuff' are in copyright. For permission to use them, and to order print or digital copies, please email Gordon Wright.
Texts by Jennie Renton, editor of 'The Scottish Book Collector'.
© National Library of Scotland