Christopher Brookmyre is the author of eighteen published novels to-date, the latest being Dead Girl Walking.

Scottish writer Karen Campbell is the author of five novels: The Twilight Time, After the Fire,Shadowplay and Proof of Life - all Hodder & Stoughton.

Scottish short story writer.

A novelist and blogger based in Scotland.

Theresa Breslin is the critically acclaimed author of over 30 books for children and young adults whose work has been filmed for television, broadcast on radio, and is read world-wide in many languages.

Scottish novelist and dramatist. She has written for Scotland on Sunday, the Scotsman, Sunday Herald, Herald, Scottish Review of Books, Sunday Times among others.

Writer David Bishop located in Edinburgh author of Doctor who audio drama "Enemy of the Daleks", Page International Screenwriting Award winner and writer of Nina and the Neurons (children's TV show on cBeebies).

Author based in Edinburgh.

Blog for John Brewster - I have edited literary magazines, such as Scrievins and Scots Glasnost, and translated poetry from French, German, Greek and Hebrew into Scots. My writing profile is published in the author database of the Scottish Book Trust’s website and I have run Live Literature funded projects in schools.

Claire Askew is a poet, editor and educator, brought up in the rural Scottish Borders.

Blog of poet and author Thomas A Clark, based in Falkland.

Linda Cracknell is a writer of fiction - Call of the Undertow - radio drama and non-fiction about walking, landscape and memory - Doubling Back: Ten paths trodden in memory.

Alec Beattie is a writer, performer, promoter, publisher, and one half of Blind Poetics.

Julie Clarke is author of 'Becoming Julie', a moving inspiring true story.She was a finalist in the Icon Awards 2015.

Samuel best is the author of Shop Front and editor of Octavius magazine.

Andrew Redmond Barr is a writer and mapmaker and founding member of National Collective.