Andrew Murray Scott

(born 1955 - ) - Dundee

Andrew Murray Scott was born in Aberdeen in 1955. He graduated from Dundee University with a first class degree in English & Modern History. A former freelance journalist, he taught media courses at Dundee College, where he was also an evening class tutor in creative writing.

Already the author of many non-fiction books, he won the inaugural Dundee Book Prize in 1999 and his winning novel, Tumulus, was published by Polygon. A second novel, Estuary Blue was published by Polygon in 2001.

Short stories, poems and essays have appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers since the 1970s and these include the story ‘Serving The Regent’ in Damage Land: New Scottish Gothic Fiction and ‘Postcard From Dundee’ in A Sense of Place. He has a large body of published journalism. His ten non-fiction titles include biographical work on Alexander Trocchi.

A third novel, The Mushroom Club appeared in 2007 and his fourth, The Big J in 2008.

Andrew Murray Scott’s novels originate from a strong identification with sense of place, landscape and a response to nature and often explore the changing nature of Scottish identity.

He lives in Broughty Ferry near Dundee.

Fiction

• Tumulus - 1999
• Estuary Blue - 2001
• The Mushroom Club - 2007
• The Big J - 2008

Non-Fiction

• Discovering Dundee - 1999
• Bonnie Dundee - 2000
• The Wee Book of Dundee - 2003
• The Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds
• Dundee's Literary Lives, Vol 1 - 2003
• Dundee's Literary Lives, Vol 2 - 2003
• Modern Dundee - 2006