Dorothy Dunnett
 Dorothy Dunnett OBE (née Halliday 25 August 1923 – 9 November 2001) was a Scottish historical novelist. She is best known for her six-part series about Francis Crawford of Lymond The Lymond Chronicles which she followed with the eight-part prequel The House of Niccolò. She also wrote a novel about the real Macbeth called King Hereafter (1982) and a series of mystery novels centred on Johnson Johnson a portrait painter/spy.