Ian Stephen

Ian Stephen has one literary foot in the Outer Hebrides, and the other stretches to Scotland's East Coast. Both of these backgrounds have granted him access to huge bodies of oral stories and Ian has always been fascinated by the sway between written and spoken language. This is reflected in his novel A Book of Death and Fish (Saraband), in dramas such as his 'Seven Hunters' (Flannan Isles Lighthouse story), in his large body of internationally published poems and in his adventure, memoir, storytelling work of non-fiction, the Saltire shortlisted Waypoints (Bloomsbury).

Ian has also taken part in cross-arts collaborations with musicians, visual artists, actors, fim-makers,storytellers and dancers and was a member of Scotland's team at the 50th Venice Biennale. His main focus now is on fiction and non-fiction prose. (Photo credit: Christine Morrison)