Alan Trotter

Alan Trotter is a writer based in Edinburgh. Muscle , his debut novel, was awarded the inaugural Sceptre Prize for a novel-in-progress.His short fiction has appeared in Somesuch Stories , Under the Influence , McSweeney's Internet Tendency and elsewhere. In 2016 he collaborated with Editions at Play on the experimental digital story All This Rotting ('mesmerising' - Big Issue , 'nauseating' - Irish Times ). He has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow - his dissertation...See more

Alan Trotter is a writer based in Edinburgh. Muscle , his debut novel, was awarded the inaugural Sceptre Prize for a novel-in-progress.His short fiction has appeared in Somesuch Stories , Under the Influence , McSweeney's Internet Tendency and elsewhere. In 2016 he collaborated with Editions at Play on the experimental digital story All This Rotting ('mesmerising' - Big Issue , 'nauseating' - Irish Times ). He has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow - his dissertation concerned writers making unusual use of the form of the book. alantrotter.com See less