Ian Brown is a Scottish playwright, poet and freelance scholar. He is General Editor of The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature (EUP: 2007) and series editor of The Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature, co-editing the volume on the twentieth century (2009) and on drama (2011). He publishes on theatrical, literary and cultural topics and is a visiting professor at Glasgow and Glamorgan Universities.
In 1977, Brown worked for the British Council in Istanbul.





