Are Miguel Delibes and Iain Banks both Scottish authors?
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Miguel Delibes Miguel Delibes Setién (] ; 17 October 1920 – 12 March 2010) was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied chair "e". He studied commerce and law and began his career as a columnist and later journalist at the "El Norte de Castilla". He would later head this newspaper before gradually devoting himself exclusively to the novel.
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Iain Banks Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies ( ).
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Feersum Endjinn Feersum Endjinn is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1994. It won a British Science Fiction Association Award in 1994.
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Iain Vigurs Iain Angus Vigurs (born 7 May 1988) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He has previously played for Elgin City, Ross County and Motherwell.
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Iain Ferguson Iain John Ferguson (born 4 August 1962, in Newarthill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional footballer who was a striker. He developed a reputation for scoring important and from his powerful right foot shot, sometimes spectacular goals. He scored in a domestic cup final winning team with both Rangers and Motherwell. His goals against high-profile opponents in Europe include for Dundee United in away games at F.C. Barcelona and Borussia Mönchengladbach en route to his appearance in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final.
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Alex Scarrow Alex Scarrow (born 14 February 1966) is a British author most well-known for his young adult science fiction series "TimeRiders".
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Sean Russell (author) Sean Thomas Russell (born 30 January 1952) is a Canadian writer of fantasy, and of historical novels featuring the Royal Navy. His work has been published under the names Sean Russell and S. Thomas Russell as well as his full name, and he has collaborated with Ian Dennis (also born 1952) under the joint pseudonym T.F. Banks.
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Norman Harper Norman Harper (born 7 September 1957) is an author, book editor, journalist and broadcaster, and for 27 years was a writer, features editor, and latterly leader-writer and columnist with the Scottish newspaper, the "Press and Journal". He is the author of the successful "Stronach" book series and "Spik o the Place",
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Michael Stevenson (actor) Michael Stevenson is an English actor best known for playing Iain Dean in BBC One's medical drama "Casualty".
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Thomas Banks Maclachlan T. Banks Maclachlan (1865–1952) was born in Glasgow in 1865. His father was John Maclachlan, a clothier, and his mother was Agnes Jameson. He was educated at George Watson's College, Glasgow and at Edinburgh University, where he attended Professor David Masson's English Literature class. He joined the Institute of Journalists in 1890. He married Jessie Gilchrist Dunlop on 21 July 1893 at Edinburgh, and apparently emigrated with his 81-year-old wife to Australia in February 1949. He died on 13 April 1952. His wife Jesse Gilchrist died on 1 December 1954 at Camperdown, Victoria.
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Crawford Beveridge Crawford W. Beveridge CBE is a Scottish-American technology executive.
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Iain Mackintosh Iain Mackintosh (born 1937) is a British practitioner of theatre combining four interwoven careers as theatre producer, theatre space designer, curator of theatre painting and architecture exhibitions, and author and lecturer on both modern and eighteenth century theatre. He has campaigned for the retention and restoration of historic theatres as working homes for live performance.
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Iain Bell Iain Bell (born 1980) is an English composer whose output is predominantly of vocal works, namely opera, art song or orchestral song.
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The Coffee Trader The Coffee Trader is a historical novel by David Liss, set in 17th century Amsterdam. The story revolves around the activities of commodity trader Miguel Lienzo, a Jew who is a refugee from the Portuguese Inquisition. Recovering from near financial ruin, he embarks on a coffee trading scheme with a Dutch woman; kept secret because it is forbidden by his community council. The scheme involves coffee, a new import to Europe. Miguel navigates the social structures of the Amsterdam business world, the politics of the council, and the plots of competitors.
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Miguel Maestre Miguel Maestre, born 5 November 1979 in Murcia, Spain to Florentina and Antonio Luis, is a Spanish-born Australian chef, restaurateur, author and television personality. Maestre is best known for presenting TV programmes such as "Miguel's Feast", "Miguel's Tropical Kitchen" and "Boys Weekend", and co-hosting the lifestyle television series "The Living Room".
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Kevin Williamson (writer) Kevin Williamson (born 1961) is a writer, publisher, and activist originally from Caithness. He is a Scottish socialist and republican and was an activist for the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP). He was also the architect of their radical drug policy, which included the legalisation of cannabis and the provision under the National Health Service of free synthetic heroin to addicts under medical supervision to combat the problems of drugs in working class communities. He wrote a regular weekly column, "Rebel Ink", for the Scottish Socialist Voice.
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Iain Finlayson Iain Finlayson (born 1945) is a Scottish writer and journalist.
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Michael Dobbs Michael Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and best-selling author, most notably for his "House of Cards" trilogy.
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Jeff Torrington Jeff Torrington (31 December 1935 – 11 May 2008) was a novelist from Glasgow in Scotland.
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Owen Sheers Owen Sheers (born 20 September 1974) is a Welsh poet, author, playwright and TV presenter. He was the first writer in residence to be appointed by any national rugby union team.
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Michael Scott (novelist) Michael Scott (30 October 1789 – 7 November 1835) was a Scottish author and autobiographer who wrote under the pseudonym Tom Cringle.
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Hector Sants Sir Hector William Hepburn Sants (born 15 December 1955) is a British investment banker. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Authority in July 2007 and stepped down in June 2012. He took up a new position with Barclays Bank at the end of January 2013, but resigned from the bank on 13 November 2013.