About the Author

Andy Wightman was born in Dundee and studied forestry at Aberdeen University. He worked as a ghillie, environmental scientist, and an environmental campaigner before becoming a self-employed writer and researcher in 1993. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Who Owns Scotland, and a prominent analyst and critic of land reform process. He lives in Edinburgh.

Reviews

'Superlative'
*Scotsman*

'frank, fearless and at times ferocious - a remarkable book'
*Herald*

'An essential guide to who owns Scotland and why land reform has flowered there in recent years'
*The Guardian (the best books about land and power 2020)*

'A more important book about Scottish land ownership has yet to be written'
*The Press and Journal*

'One of the defining literary and scholarly works of modern Scotland ... it demands to be read if you want to reach an understanding of why Scotland cannot be considered a fair society while prevailing patterns of land ownership persist in our most beautiful places'
*Kevin McKenna*