Peter Ross is a Scottish journalist and non-fiction author based in Glasgow. He won a Scottish Press Award for A Tomb with a View and was a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2015. A Tomb With a View and Upon a White Horse have both been adapted as BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.
His work has appeared in publications including The Guardian, The Times, National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine and Boston Review.
Ross lives in Glasgow.
Awards and recognition A Tomb with a View was named a book of the year by the Financial Times, i, and Stylist.
Steeple Chasing was a Sunday Times bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
Upon a White Horse was named a Radio 4 Book of the Week and named a best book of 2025 by the Financial Times, The Scotsman, and Country Life. +Awards for Ross's workYearTitleAwardResult2015Orwell Prize for JournalismShortlist2017Saltire Society Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the YearShortlist2021Saltire Society Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the YearWinner
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