Banks, Iain (Dunfermline)
The author of The Wasp Factory
Famous Writers from Scotland
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Burns, Robert (Alloway)
Scotland's most famous poet -
Doyle, Arthur Conan (Edinburgh)
The creator of Sherlock Holmes -
Duffy, Carol Ann (Glasgow)
The first female poet laureate in British history -
Mackay, Charles (Perth)
Author of 1841's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds -
Muir, John (Dunbar)
Naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club -
Niven, David (Kirriemuir)
Dapper British star of Around the World in 80 Days -
Scott, Sir Walter (Edinburgh)
The author of Ivanhoe -
Stevenson, Robert Louis (Edinburgh)
The author of Treasure Island -
Stopes, Marie (Edinburgh)
The UK birth control pioneer who wrote 'Married Love'