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- George MacBeth (1932–1992)
- George MacDonald (1824–1905), Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, Lilith
- Iain McDowall
- William McIlvanney (born 1936)
- Pat McIntosh
- Helen Clark MacInnes (1907–1985), suspense novels
- Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), Whisky Galore!
- Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), The Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare
- Ken MacLeod, (born 1954), science fiction
- Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969), novelist, journalist and explorer
- Candia McWilliam (born 1955)
- Laura Marney
- Bruce Marshall
- Allan Massie
- Rosaline Masson
- Peter May (writer)
- Denise Mina
- Naomi Mitchison
- Neil Munro
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