Authors, illustrators and artists appearing in the programme
Authors, illustrators, poets, politicians, thinkers, prize-winners and rising stars appear in events every year at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
- Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
- Leila Aboulela
- Caspar Addyman
- Yomi Adegoke
- Dapo Adeola
- Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
- Victoria Adukwei Bulley
- Patience Agbabi
- Sufiya Ahmed
- Katie Ailies
- Ben Alderson-Day
- Jokha Alharthi
- Shreya Ila Anasuya
- Brigitte Aphrodite
- Peter Apps
- Graeme Armstrong
- Claire Askew
- Richard Askwith
- Rachelle Atalla
- Dean Atta
- Shushan Avagyan
- Louise Baillie
- Harry Baker
- Laura Baker
- Maureen Baker
- Katya Balen
- Yvonne Banham
- Aja Barber
- Georgia Barlett-Mcneil
- Damian Barr
- Sebastian Barry
- Ailsa Bathgate
- Devorah Baum
- Sara Baume
- Alasdair Beckett-King
- Olivia Begbie
- Anahit Behrooz
- Victoria Belim
- Leonie Bell
- Munroe Bergdorf
- Carmen Bermudez
- Sarah Bernstein
- Tessa Berring
- Rob Biddulph
- Joanna Biggs
- Mark Billingham
- Tom Bird
- Alan Bissett
- Sin Blaché
- Malorie Blackman
- Remi Blackwood
- Sara Boccaccini Meadows
- Marilyn Booth
- Ned Boulting
- Holly Bourne
- Paula Bowles
- Dionne Brand
- Tania Branigan
- Theresa Breslin
- Susi Briggs
- Octavia Bright
- Rachel Bright
- Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
- Leah Broad
- Sarah Broadley
- Chris Brookmyre
- Jess Brough
- Gordon Brown
- Martin Brown
- Natasha Brown
- Chris Bryant
- Nathan Bryon
- Tim Budgen
- Helene Bukowski
- Stephen Buoro
- Clementine E. Burnley
- Anthony Burt
- Aisha Bushby
- Pamela Butchart
- Amina Cain
- Jill Calder
- Jen Calleja
- Fay Campbell
- Emma Carlisle
- Gerard Carruthers
- Jan Carson
- James Catchpole
- Eleanor Catton
- Maisie Chan
- Mary Jean Chan
- Stella Chan
- Emily Chappell
- Catriona Child
- Alastair Chisholm
- Gary Chudleigh
- Andy Clark
- Eliza Clark
- Natalie Jayne Clark
- Bethan Clarke
- Caroline Clayton
- Joseph Coelho
- Jenny Colgan
- David Colmer
- Rachel Connolly
- Dave Cook
- Tracey Corderoy
- Gordon Corera
- Jude Coward Nicoll
- Cressida Cowell
- Anne Laure Coxam
- Linda Cracknell
- Mya-Rose Craig
- James Crawford
- Kate Crawford
- Tom Crewe
- Lisa Croft
- Justin Cronin
- Jacqueline Crooks
- Gray Crosbie
- Aileen Crossley
- Lex Croucher
- Laura Cumming
- Sophie Cunningham
- Olivier Czajka
- Tania Czajka
- Nadia Dalphinis
- Alford Dalrymple Gardner
- André Dao
- Raksha Dave
- Justin Davies
- Nicola Davies
- Thiago de Moraes
- Caroline Deacon
- Constance Debre
- Rob Delaney
- Jeremy Deller
- Emma Dennis-Edwards
- Natalie Denny
- Susannah Dickey
- David Diop
- Laura Dockrill
- Emily Dodd
- Anna Doherty
- Jasmine Donahaye
- Julia Donaldson
- Carol Ann Duffy
- Kezia Dugdale
- Sophie Duncan
- Ever Dundas
- Michel Faber
- Jenni Fagan
- Jonathan Faiers
- Olaf Falafel
- Alex Falase-Koya
- David Farrier
- Allen Fatimaharan
- Sebastian Faulks
- Elaine Feeney
- David Fenne
- Louise Finch
- Ailie Finlay
- Nicole Flattery
- Cal Flyn
- David Forbes
- Kate Foster
- Yara Rodrigues Fowler
- James Fox
- Gavin Francis
- Peter Frankopan
- Flora Fraser
- Ella Frears
- Vivian French
- Anna Funder
- Maria Fusco
- Jessica Gaitán Johannesson
- Pilar Garcia de Leaniz
- Howard Gardner
- Bonnie Garmus
- Andrea Gibb
- Naomi Gibson
- Jo Gilbert
- Georgi Gill
- Nikita Gill
- Lynsey Gilmour
- Rodge Glass
- Merryn Glover
- Hannah Gold
- Ian Goldin
- Jane Goldman
- Sharon Gosling
- Georgi Gospodinov
- Alva Gotby
- Emma Grae
- Craig Graham
- Jenny Graham
- Colin Grant
- Julia Graves
- Jon Gray
- Laura Green
- Anouchka Grose
- Viv Groskop
- Camilla Grudova
- Guy Gunaratne
- Xiaolu Guo
- Ravena Guron
- Kübra Gümüşay
- Joe Haddow
- Tessa Hadley
- Marisa Haetzman
- Daniel Hahn
- Maryam Hamidi
- Kimberlie Hamilton
- Isabella Hammad
- Frances Hardinge
- Isabel Hardman
- Bernard Harkins
- Alison Harper
- M. John Harrison
- Monica Heisey
- Aleksandar Hemon
- Sue Hendra
- Sophy Henn
- Rachel Hewitt
- Sean Hewitt
- Liz Hiddleston
- Ciarán Hodgers
- Tom Holland
- Katie Holten
- Carl Honoré
- Morag Hood
- Petr Horáček
- Kevin Jared Hosein
- Anne Beate Hovind
- Katja Hoyer
- George Hoyle
- Sally Huband
- T L Huchu
- Frieda Hughes
- Jack Hunter
- Jo Hunter
- Ben Hurst
- Amber Husain
- William Hussey
- Lizzie Huxley-Jones
- Jaime Huxtable
- Nadine Kaadan
- Sheila Kanani
- Evelyn Karlsberg
- Shehan Karunatilaka
- Kapka Kassabova
- Sunder Katwala
- Inna Kavalionak
- Jackie Kay
- Debora Kayembe
- Anna Keay
- Richard T Kelly
- James Kelman
- Anthony Kemp
- Jeffrey Kemp
- Amy Key
- Olesya Khromeychuk
- John King
- Nicola Kinnear
- Jon Klassen
- Cecilia Knapp
- Sarah Krasnostein
- R F Kuang
- Zaffar Kunial
- Chie Kutsuwada
- Daisy Lafarge
- Elizabeth Laird
- Nick Laird
- L R Lam
- Ann Landmann
- Hannah Lavery
- Patrice Lawrence
- Tom Lee-Devlin
- Steven Lenton
- William Letford
- Deborah Levy
- Yijing Li
- Yiyun Li
- Paul Linnet
- Amy Liptrot
- Liv Little
- Cariad Lloyd
- Mikaela Loach
- Liz Lochhead
- Kirsty Logan
- Josie Long
- Matty Long
- Marjorie Lotfi
- Fiona Lumbers
- David Lumsden
- Johanne Lykke Holm
- Thomas Lynch
- Michael Magee
- Sally Magnusson
- Ana Paula Maia
- Willy Maley
- Sangu Mandanna
- Carrie Marshall
- Gina Martin
- Noreen Masud
- Jolyon Maugham
- Rebecca May Johnson
- Katherine May
- Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio
- Jean Menzies
- Mara Menzies
- Iman Mersal
- John Metaphrog
- Clemens Meyer
- Nadia Mikael
- Nadia Mikail
- Christopher Miller
- Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Denise Mina
- Nina Mingya Powles
- Aidan Moffat
- Alistair Moffat
- Hashi Mohamed
- Oliver Mol
- Szilvia Molnar
- Lydia Monks
- Ross Montgomery
- Aoife Moore
- Caroline Moorehead
- Amy B Moreno
- Polly Morland
- Thomas Morris
- Blake Morrison
- Hilary Morrison
- Valzhyna Mort
- Kate Mosse
- Laura Mucha
- Esther Muchena
- Eilidh Muldoon
- Michael Mullen
- Claire Mundell
- Theresa Munoz
- Jane Murray
- Judy Murray
- Kirsteen Murray
- Paul Murray
- Anton Muscatelli
- Eileen Myles
- Marcas Mac An Tuairneir
- Janet McArthur
- William MacAskill
- Fergus Macastory
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Saskia McCracken
- David McCrone
- Janelle McCurdy
- Ezmie McCutcheon
- Val McDermid
- Helen MacDonald
- Ian McEwan
- Fiona McFarlane
- Martin MacInnes
- Malachi McIntosh
- Douglas MacIntyre
- Sarah McIntyre
- Margaret McKay
- Skye McKenna
- Victoria MacKenzie
- Charlie Mackesy
- Jane McKie
- Matthew Mackie
- Sophie Mackintosh
- Meg McLaren
- Kate McLelland
- Annie Macmanus
- Elle McNicoll
- Hollie McNish
- Victoria McNulty
- Will McPhail
- Grant Mcphee
- Sabrina Pace-Humphreys
- Heather Parry
- Sara Pascoe
- Sheena Patel
- Don Paterson
- Katie Paterson
- Nazneen Ahmed Pathak
- Sai Pathmanathan
- Craig Paton
- K Patrick
- Michael Pedersen
- Kristin Pedroja
- Susan Penny
- Hazel Peters
- Kath Pezet
- Maureen Phillip
- David Pickering
- Cecile Pin
- Lywen Pirie
- Claudia Piñeiro
- Sarah Polley
- David Pollock
- Emma Pollock
- Karine Polwart
- Max Porter
- Gavin Puckett
- Chitra Ramaswamy
- Claudia Rankine
- Olga Ravn
- Kate Rawles
- Catherine Rayner
- Philip Reeve
- Rose Reilly
- Jennie Renton
- Paul Research
- Alan Riach
- Dan Richards
- Chris Riddell
- Lesley Riddoch
- James Robertson
- Jennifer Robinson
- Angela Rodel
- Yara Rodrigues Fowler
- Rafaela Romaya
- Dr Ronx
- Sophie K Rosa
- Jacqueline Rose
- Michael Rosen
- Peter Ross
- Matt Rowland Hill
- Katherine Rundell
- Ira Sachs
- Amara Sage
- SF Said
- Angela Saini
- Melinda Salisbury
- Margaret Salmon
- Annabelle Sami
- Saba Sams
- Sathnam Sanghera
- Raheema Sayed
- Kathryn Scanlan
- Simon Schama
- Isabelle Schuler
- V E Schwab
- Samanta Schweblin
- Simone Seales
- Simon Sebag-Montefiore
- Julian Sedgwick
- Joshua Seigal
- Nandini Sen
- Richard Sennett
- Elif Shafak
- Kamila Shamsie
- Samantha Shannon
- Allyson Shaw
- Raja Shehadeh
- Nick Sheridan
- Sara Sheridan
- Kim Sherwood
- Nadia Shireen
- Nikesh Shukla
- Ranj Singh
- Caitlin Skinner
- Leïla Slimani
- Ali Smith
- Ed Smith
- Rebecca Smith
- Cynthia So
- Christopher Somerville
- Camila Sosa Villada
- Timi Sotire
- Annabel Sowemimo
- Martha Sprackland
- Vicky Spratt
- Devi Sridhar
- Rhys Stacey
- Jordan Stephens
- Laura Steven
- Mark Steven
- Robin Stevens
- Gerda Stevenson
- Lizzy Stewart
- Mike Stirling
- Courtney Stoddart
- Angie Strachan
- Em Strang
- Chae Strathie
- Wes Streeting
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Olivia Sudjic
- Beth Suzanna
- Katie Swann
- Matthew Syed
- Isabel Waidner
- Alan Warner
- Christie Watson
- Katalina Watt
- Tam Watters
- Ruby Wax
- Katherine Webber
- George Webster
- Kathy Weeks
- Irvine Welsh
- Imogen West-Knights
- Wiz Wharton
- Alex Wheatle
- Phil Whitaker
- Colson Whitehead
- J L Williams
- Lisa Williams
- Alex Willmore
- A N Wilson
- Katy Wilson
- Lorraine Wilson
- Alan Windram
- Michael Winkler
- Alice Winn
- Raynor Winn
- David Wolstencroft
- Anna Woltz
- Harry Woodgate
- Vanessa Woolf
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