Shena Mackay | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | Tonbridge Grammar School |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, short-story writer |
| Notable work | Redhill Rococo (1986); Dunedin (1991); The Orchard on Fire (1995); Dancing on the Outskirts (2015) |
| Awards | Fawcett Society Book Prize; Scottish Arts Council Book Award |
Shena Mackay FRSL (born 1944) is a Scottish novelist born in Edinburgh. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1996 for The Orchard on Fire, and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2003 for Heligoland.