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- Alan Warner (born 1964)
- William Watson (1931–2005)
- Molly Weir (1910–2004)
- Tom Weir (1914–2006)
- Irvine Welsh (born 1961), novelist (Trainspotting)
- Louise Welsh, crime writer
- Brian Whittingham (born 1950) (writer)
- John Wilson (Christopher North)
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