Scottish literature and Authors.

Ok, so Genivieve and Monique were asking us to recommend good Scottish authors and novels for them. Here's some of the ones we mentioned, but feel free to add more.

Nigel Trantner: Campbell reminded us of this guy. He wrote very good historical novels, on many different parts of Scottish history.

Ian Rankin: Edinburgh based novelist, famed for his Inspector Rebus novels. Good detective fiction, where Edinburgh herself plays a leading role.

Irvine Welsh: Not for the uninitiated in Scottish vernacular. Author of Trainspotting, written phonetically with a strong east coast accent, he has a slew of other novels and short stories on various parts of the underbelly of modern Scotland. Can't recommend him enough.

John Buchan: Wrote the 39 steps, and other classics. Has strong Canadian links.

James Hogg: Wrote the "Confessions of a justified sinner". A must for anyone with an interest in Scottish literature.

Other Scottish authors who don't necessarily write about Scotland:

Iain Banks: Under this name, he writes fiction (like the Crow Road, great book), and under the pen name Iain M Banks, he writes science fiction (really good stuff).

Angus Bell: Author of Batting on the Bosphorous. Great book, very funny.

There's also Alexander McCall Smith. I'm not a fan, but he seems to be doing well enough for himself.

Who's your favourite?

Hey, thanks Derek! I seem to be a bit slow, since I've just noticed that you had put this online... ^^'
Thanks for the work in thinking of and writing about this, I have been looking for this type of information for a while, now. I will difinetly look these authors and their books up!

Cheers!

Geneviève