John Herdman (author)


John Herdman
Herdman at The Grassmarket Centre, September 2014
Herdman at The Grassmarket Centre, September 2014
Born (1941-07-20) 20 July 1941 (age 83)
Edinburgh, Scotland
OccupationWriter
GenreScottish literature
Notable worksPagan’s Pilgrimage (1978), Imelda and Other Stories (1993)
Notable awardsScottish Arts Council Book Award (twice)

John Macmillan Herdman (born 20 July 1941) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and literary critic. He is the author of seventeen books including five novels and various works of shorter fiction, a play, two critical studies and a memoir, and he has contributed to twenty other books. His work has been translated, broadcast and anthologized, and taught at universities in France, Australia and Russia.