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page 121st-century Scottish women writers

Ali Smith
British author and journalist

Val McDermid
Scottish crime writer
Lesley Lokko
Ghanaian architect and writer
Phyllida Law
British actress
Jackie Kay
Scottish poet and novelist
Denise Mina
British crime writer and playwright
Aminatta Forna
Scottish and Sierra Leonean writer
A. L. Kennedy
British author, comedian
Marianna Palka
Scottish filmmaker and actor
Janey Godley
Scottish actor, writer and comedian (1961–2024)

Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Scottish screenwriter
Janice Galloway
Scottish writer
Manda Scott
British writer
Sharman Macdonald
Scottish playwright
Lesley Beake
South African children's author
Gail Honeyman
Scottish novelist

Margaret Elphinstone
British writer

Amy Liptrot
Scottish journalist and author
Shena Mackay
British writer
Kerry Hudson
British writer

Ayesha Hazarika
Scottish broadcaster and journalist (born 1975)
Liz Lochhead
Scottish poet and essayist (born 1947)
Jenni Calder
British historian
Karen McCombie
British writer
Mollie Hunter
Scottish children's writer (1922-2012)
Frances Murray
Scottish writer (1928–2019)
Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul
Scottish Gaelic writer and actor

Muriel Gray
Scottish journalist, producer and actress

Zoë Strachan
British journalist

Stef Penney
British writer
Christine De Luca
Scottish poet