Iain Finlayson (born 1945Library of Congress Name Authority File) is a Scottish writer and journalist.
Finlayson has written biographies of James Boswell and Robert Browning, as well as books about Romney Marsh, the Scots, denim and Tangier.
He was books editor of Saga Magazine, and reviewed books for The Times.
Under the collective pseudonym Matthew McAllister, he and Simon Burt have written a crime novel, Blood Month, published electronically under their imprint Atrium Editions.
Iain Finlayson lives & works in Hay-on-Wye, Wales.
Works Winston Churchill, 1980 The moth and the candle: a life of James Boswell, 1984 The sixth continent: a literary history of Romney Marsh, 1986 The Scots: a portrait of the Scottish soul at home and abroad, 1987 Denim: an American legend, 1990 Tangier: city of the dream, 1992 Browning: a private life, 2003 (with Simon Burt, as Matthew McAllister) Blood Month, 2012
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External links atriumeditions.co.uk