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Mary Paulson-Ellis is an award-winning author writing across crime, historical and literary fiction. Her debut novel The Other Mrs Walker was a Times bestseller and Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. Mary lives in Edinburgh and in 2023 was named Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow by Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature for a novel about her home city. She is Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland and in 2025 was appointed Writer-in-Residence at Edinburgh University.
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Mary Paulson-Ellis is an award-winning author writing across crime, historical and literary fiction. Her debut novel, The Other Mrs Walker was a Times bestseller and Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. Mary’s short and non-fiction have featured in the Guardian and on BBC Radio 4 and in 2019 Val McDermid named her one of ten exciting LGBTQ+ writers working today. Mary is an experienced workshop leader, events chair, Royal Literary Fund Fellow, and Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland. She lives in Edinburgh and in 2023 was selected as Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow by Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature for a new novel about her home city. In 2025 she was appointed Writer-in-Residence at the University of Edinburgh. (125 words)
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Mary Paulson-Ellis is an award-winning author writing across crime, historical and literary fiction. Her critically acclaimed debut, The Other Mrs Walker was a Times bestseller and Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing was longlisted for the McIlvanney prize for best Scottish crime novel and a Historical Writers Association Gold Crown. Emily Noble’s Disgrace is her third novel.
Mary has an MLitt in Creative Writing from Glasgow University where, on graduating, she was awarded the Curtis Brown Prize for Fiction. She has written for the Guardian and BBC Radio 4 and her short stories have featured in various anthologies. In 2019 Val McDermid named her one of ten exciting LGBTQ+ writers working today. Mary lives in Edinburgh and in 2023 was selected as Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow by Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature for a novel about her home city.
Mary is an experienced reviewer, literary judge, mentor, workshop leader and Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland. She regularly hosts in-conversations for bookshops and festivals with authors such as Barbara Kingsolver, Ian Rankin and Maggie O’Farrell amongst others.
In 2025 Mary was appointed Writer-in-Residence at the University of Edinburgh.
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