Louise Welsh

British writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1965 · age 61

Louise Welsh is an English-born author of short stories and psychological thrillers, resident in Glasgow, Scotland. She has also written three plays, an opera, edited volumes of prose and poetry, and contributed to journals and anthologies. In 2004, she received the Corine Literature Prize.

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2023Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward2019Honorary DoctorateAward2018Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward2002CWA New Blood DaggerAwardSaltire AwardsAward1965Born1 February 1965