Allan is the author of The Old Haunts (2023) and Blurred Faces (2025).
Allan Radcliffe was born in Perth, Scotland, and now lives near Edinburgh. His debut novel The Old Haunts was shortlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards and for the McKitterick Prize, and was adapted as a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. His short stories have been published in anthologies including Out There, The Best Gay Short Stories and New Writing Scotland. With an MA from the University of Glasgow, he works as an arts journalist and theatre critic. His writing has won the Allen Wright Award and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award.
Read our interview with Allan about The Old Haunts (with an exclusive extract) here.
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