Lady Anne Barnard

Lady Anne Barnard

female, deceased (1825)
Scottishwomenwriter, Women poet, Earl Macartney, Henry Dundas, South Africa a Century Ago, Castle of Good Hope…Scottish
Lady Anne Barnard (12 December, 1750-6 May, 1825), nee Anne Lindsay, eldest daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres was born at Balcarres...
Naomi Mitchison

Naomi Mitchison

female, deceased (1999)
Scottishwomenwriter, Women novelist, eugenicist, British baroness, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Old Dragon…Women poet, Scottish, writer
Naomi Margaret Mitchison, CBE was a Scottish novelist and poet. She was appointed CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1981; she...
Kathleen Jamie

Kathleen Jamie

female, 47 years old
Scottishwomenwriter, Women poet, The Way We Live, Forward Poetry Prize, A Flame In Your Heart, The Autonomous Region…Scottish
Kathleen Jamie is a Scottish poet, born May 13, 1962 and raised in Currie, Edinburgh. She gained a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of...
Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark

female, deceased (2006)
Jewish, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Scottishwomenwriter, DBE, Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Scottish…writer, Identikit writer
Dame Muriel Spark, DBE (February 1, 1918 - April 13, 2006) was a leading Scottish novelist.
Liz Lochhead

Liz Lochhead

female, 61 years old
Women poet, Scottishwomenwriter, Women dramatists and playwright, poet, True Confessions and New Clichés, Bagpipe Muzak…writer, Scottish
Liz Lochhead (born December 26, 1947) is a Scottish poet and dramatist, originally from Newarthill in North Lanarkshire. After attending Glasgow...
Jackie Kay

Jackie Kay

female, 48 years old
Scottishwomenwriter, Women poet, Women novelist, From Edinburgh, English, guardian…writer, Scottish
Jackie Kay MBE (born 1961) is a Scottish poet and novelist. She was born in Edinburgh in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was...
A. L. Kennedy

A. L. Kennedy

female, 44 years old
Scottishwomenwriter, Literary realism, University of Glasgow, honorary degree, Alumni of the University of Warwick, St Andrews University…Short story writer, Non-fiction writer, Scottish
Alison Louise Kennedy (born October 22, 1965) in Dundee) is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is known for a...
Rona Munro

Rona Munro

female, 50 years old
Women screenwriter, Scottishwomenwriter, Women dramatists and playwright, Women television writer, Target Books, Lyric Hammersmith…writer, Scottish, Television writer, Doctor Who writer
Rona Munro is a prize-winning Scottish writer. She has written plays for theatre, radio, and television; was the author of the screenplay of Ken...
Wendy Wood

Wendy Wood

female, deceased (1981)
South African women writer, Scottishwomenwriter, Scottish South Africans, Scottish independence, Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, From kent…Scottish, Scottish Patriots, writer
Wendy Wood (born Gwendoline Emily Meacham) (1892-June, 1981) was a well-known campaigner for Scottish independence and founder of the Scottish...
Anne Bannerman

Anne Bannerman

female, deceased (1829)
poet, Women poet, Romantic poet, robert anderson, Scottish, Women writer…Scottishwomenwriter, Romantic women writer
Anne Bannerman, poet, was born in Edinburgh to Isobel ("née" Dick) and William Bannerman, a "running stationer" liscensed to sell ballads in the s...