20th-century Scottish women writers

The list 20th-century Scottish women writers includes Sheila Walsh, Sharman Macdonald, Anne Donovan, Val McDermid and A.L. Kennedy. The list consists of 174 members.

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Sheila Walsh

British musician

Overview: Sheila Walsh (born 5 July 1956) is a Scottish-born American contemporary Christian vocalist, songwriter, evangelist, author, inspirational speaker, and talk-show host.

Date of birth: 5 July 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Female

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21st-century Scottish women writers 68T

21st-century British women writers 715T

20th-century British women writers 1,321T
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Anna Murdoch Mann

Scottish journalist an author

Overview: Anna Maria dePeyster DSG (née Torv; formerly Murdoch and Mann; born 30 June 1944) is a Scottish and Australian journalist and novelist.

Date of birth: 30 June 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Scottish women journalists 77T

Scottish people of Estonian descent 2T

Writers from Glasgow 207T
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Carol Smillie

Scottish television presenter

Overview: Carol Patricia Smillie (born 23 December 1961) is a Scottish television presenter, actress and former model. Smillie became famous as a presenter on British TV during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was ...

Date of birth: 23 December 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: British

Occupation: Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Alex Knight (II) (Married)

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People educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School 42T

Scottish humanists 25T

Scottish non-fiction writers 265T
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Sharman Macdonald

Scottish playwright

Overview: Sharman Macdonald (born 8 February 1951) is a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, and actress.

Date of birth: 22 February 1951

Age: 74

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Female

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21st-century Scottish women writers 68T

Women radio writers 67T

21st-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 23T
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Carol Ann Duffy

Scottish, Poet

Overview: Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE FRSL HonFBA HonFRSE (born 23 December 1955) is a British poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed ...

Date of birth: 23 December 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Female

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21st-century British LGBT people 168T

British LGBT poets 20T

British lesbian writers 35T
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Alycen Rowse and Brian Wheat

Brian Wheat is rumored to have hooked up with Alycen Rowse.

Overview: Christine Marion Fraser (24 March 1938 – 22 November 2002) was a Scottish author of popular fiction.

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20th-century British women writers 1,321T

Women historical novelists 334T

Women romantic fiction writers 529T
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A.L. Kennedy

Scottish writer, academic and stand-up comedian

Overview: Alison Louise Kennedy (born 22 October 1965) is a Scottish writer, academic and stand-up comedian. She writes novels, short stories and non-fiction and is known for her dark tone, blending of realism and ...

Date of birth: 22 October 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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21st-century Scottish women writers 68T

21st-century British short story writers 139T

20th-century British short story writers 272T
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Margaret Turnbull

Screenwriter

Overview: Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish novelist, playwright and screenwriter in silent films.

Date of birth: 17 November 1872

Date of death: 12 June 1942

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Female

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20th-century British screenwriters 395T

Women in Film (pioneers) 168T

20th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 28T
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Anne Donovan

Scottish author

Overview: Anne Donovan is a Scottish author from Glasgow best known for her novel Buddha Da (Canongate, 2003). Her short story collection Hieroglyphics and Other Stories was published in 2001. This is currently ...

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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21st-century Scottish women writers 68T

21st-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 23T

20th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 28T
10.

Molly Weir

Scottish actor

Overview: Mary Weir (17 March 1910 – 28 November 2004), known as Molly Weir, was a Scottish actress. She appeared as the character Hazel the McWitch in the BBC TV series Rentaghost.

Date of birth: 17 March 1910

Date of death: 28 November 2004

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 4' 10" (147 cm)

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British women memoirists 141T

Women memoirists 1,131T

Scottish television actresses 183T
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Lorna Moon

British writer

Overview: Lorna Moon (born Nora Helen Wilson Low; 16 June 1886 – 1 May 1930) was a Scottish author and screenwriter from the early days of Hollywood. She is best known as the author of the bestselling novel Dark ...

Date of birth: 1886

Date of death: 1 May 1930

Age: 43 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Tuberculosis deaths in New Mexico 3T

20th-century British screenwriters 395T

Women in Film (pioneers) 168T
12.

Evelyn Irons

Scottish Journalist

Overview: Evelyn Graham Irons (17 June 1900 – 3 April 2000) was a Scottish journalist, the first female war correspondent to be decorated with the French Croix de Guerre.

Date of birth: 17 June 1900

Date of death: 3 April 2000

Age: 99 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Journalist

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Women's page journalists 93T

Female recipients of the Croix de Guerre 32T

People from Brewster, New York 25T
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Janey Godley

Scottish, Writer

Overview: Janey Godley (born Jane Godley Currie; 20 January 1961 – 2 November 2024) was a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress, writer and political activist. She began her stand-up career in 1994, and won various ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1961

Date of death: 2 November 2024

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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People from Shettleston 24T

Scottish women autobiographers 13T

20th-century Scottish autobiographers 46T
14.

Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith

Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit (1864–1945)

Overview: Emma Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (née Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite, author, and wit. She was married to H ...

Date of birth: 2 February 1864

Date of death: 28 July 1945

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Socialite

Gender: Female

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Daughters of baronets 142T

Tennant family 37T

20th-century British women writers 1,321T
15.

Val McDermid

British writer

Overview: Val McDermid, FRSE, FRSL (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of suspense novels featuring Dr. Tony Hill.

Date of birth: 4 June 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: British

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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People from Alnmouth 3T

21st-century Scottish women writers 68T

Tartan Noir writers 19T
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Naomi Mitchison

Scottish novelist and poet, 1897–1999

Overview: Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison, CBE (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called the doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote over ...

Date of birth: 1 November 1897

Date of death: 11 January 1999

Age: 101 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Scottish socialist feminists 14T

Spouses of life peers 219T

British women travel writers 165T
17.

Muriel Spark

British writer

Overview: Dame Muriel Sarah Spark DBE, CLit, FRSE, FRSL (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.

Date of birth: 1 February 1918

Date of death: 13 April 2006

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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21st-century British women writers 715T

20th-century British women writers 1,321T

20th-century Scottish poets 107T
18.

Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah

Scottish writer

Overview: Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah (née Elizabeth Louise MacKenzie; 1900 – 15 August 1960) was a Scottish writer who wrote under the pen name Morag Murray Abdullah. She met the Afghan author, poet, diplomat, ...

Date of birth: 1900

Date of death: 15 August 1960

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

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Writers from Edinburgh 105T

20th-century Scottish writers 180T

British expatriates in Afghanistan 4T
19.

Lady Florence Dixie

Scottish writer (1855–1905)

Overview: Lady Florence Caroline Dixie (née Douglas; 25 May 1855 – 7 November 1905) was a Scottish writer, war correspondent, and feminist. Her account of travelling Across Patagonia, her children's books ...

Date of birth: 24 May 1855

Date of death: 7 November 1905

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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British women travel writers 106T

19th-century British women writers 653T

20th-century British women writers 1,321T
20.

Deborah Orr

British journalist

Overview: Deborah Jane Orr (23 September 1962 – 19 October 2019) was a Scottish journalist who worked for The Guardian, The Independent and other publications.

Date of birth: 23 September 1962

Date of death: 20 October 2019

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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21st-century Scottish women writers 68T

Self family 6T

2019 deaths 9,204T