Chris Dolan
Chris Dolan (born 1957, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish novelist, poet, and playwright. Career. Dolan has published four novels ("Ascension Day", "Redlegs", "Potter's Field" and "Aliyyah"), two collections of short stories and two non-fiction books. He has had three full-length stage plays produced internationally, with five shorter pieces and four collaborations with Spanish dramatists. He has written over 50 hours of television, and more of radio drama. He has worked in collaboration with visual artists on several pieces of public art, has published poems, broadcasts regularly and writes for Scottish and London newspapers. Short stories . "Poor Angels" (Polygon, 1995) was shortlisted for the Saltire Prize, and included both the winning story for 1995 Scotland on Sunday / Macallan Prize ("Sleet and Snow"), and runner-up the following year ("Year of the Vezzas"). Non-fiction titles. "An Anarchist's Story: The Life of Ethel MacDonald" (Birlinn 2009) Plays. His first play was "The Veil" (1991), "Sabina" (1998), "The Reader" (2000), and "The Angel's Share" (2000). Writing for screen and radio. Some of his work has appeared on the radio, including four original plays and many adaptations, including Umberto Eco's "Name of the Rose", "The Master  of Ballantrae" by Robert Louis Stevenson and several of Ian Rankin's Rebus novels. His four-part modern take on "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" was broadcast in October 2012. He has written for BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 3, and BBC Radio 4. He has written such screenplays as "Poor Angels" and "Ring of Truth" as well as TV drama documentaries, "An Anarchist's Story: The Life of Ethel MacDonald", "Barbado'ed" both broadcast by BBC and "Red Oil" for Channel 4. He also has written extensively for "Taggart", "Take the High Road", "Machair (TV series)", and  River City for which he has been writing since its inception. Bibliography and other works. Fiction. Novels Short stories Non-Fiction. Books Plays Radio drama Television drama Film Television, DOC Radio Writer/presenter Inc’s Poetry