Andrew Greig


Andrew Greig is a Scottish writer. He grew up in Anstruther, Fife. He studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and Scottish Arts Council Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow. He lives in Orkney and Edinburgh and is married to author Lesley Glaister.

Awards

He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1972. In 1985, Greig published an account of the successful ascent of the Muztagh Tower, Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber, which was shortlisted for the 1996 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.
His first novel, Electric Brae: A Modern Romance, was shortlisted for the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. His next novel, The Return of John MacNab was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Award. His fifth novel, In Another Light, won the 2004 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award. Fair Helen was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize.

Published work

Poetry