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William Boyd: a new day dawns

William Boyd is one of the headline attractions at next month's Glasgow literary festival, Aye Write, where he will be introducing his latest novel, Waiting for Sunrise.

William Boyd

The author of Any Human Heart was born in Ghana of Scots parentage, and educated at Gordonstoun in Moray (an experience which was the subject of his memoir School Ties). Though he now lives in London, he once said: "If someone asks me what nationality I am, I unhesitatingly say I'm Scottish."