Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-1935) was born James Leslie Mitchell on the north east coast of Scotland. He began working as a journalist before joining the Army and subsequently the RAF. He married and settled in Welwyn Garden City where he became a full-time writer. Between 1929 and his death from peritonitis in 1935, Mitchell produced a number of short stories and essays along with seven novels, the trilogy making up A Scots Quair (Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite) being the best-known of his works.
Neil Munro (1863-1930) was a Scottish journalist, author and newspaper editor, best known for his humorous works, especially the Vital Spark and Para Handy stories. Born in Inveraray, he moved to Glasgow where he combined working as a journalist with his novel writing. Many of his works are historical novels with a Highland setting exploring bloody unrest and the Jacobite rising.
George Douglas Brown (1869-1902) was born in Ayrshire and educated at Glasgow University and Oxford before moving to London to embark upon a career in journalism. He was published in Blackwood's Magazine and in 1899 published a novel called Love and a Sword under a pseudonym. In 1901 his second novel, The House with the Green Shutters, was published under his own name.