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Allan Gaw
A medical pathologist by training, Allan Gaw is now a full-time writer. His short stories, historical crime fiction, non-fiction and poetry have been published widely. His short stories have also won several international prizes including the prestigious Alpine Fellowship. He is the author of the Dr Jack Cuthbert mystery novels. The first of these, The Silent House of Sleep, won the 2024 Bloody Scotland Debut Novel of the Year, and the series is now published by Polygon. His poetry collections, Love & Other Diseases and The Sounds Men Make were published by Seahorse in 2023 and 2025 respectively. He has run many creative writing and professional skills workshops, given regular readings of his work and participated in and chaired many panels. A large part of his medical and academic careers involved adult education, and he now successfully brings those skills to his writing life.