Andrew Drummond (author)

Andrew Drummond is a Scottish writer, translator and novelist. He was born in Edinburgh and studied at the University of Aberdeen and the University of London. Previously employed full-time as a software engineer, he now pursues his writing full-time.

For the New Zealand artist, see Andrew Drummond (artist).

Andrew Drummond

He is the author of four novels: An Abridged History of the Construction of a Railway Line Between Ullapool and Lochinver[1][2] (2004); A Hand-book of Volapük (2006)[3] set in 1890s Scotland; Elephantina (2008); and Novgorod the Great (2010). He has also written several short stories and some nonfiction translations from German. More recently, he has written a biography of the 18th century adventurer Maurice Benyovszky, entitled The Intriguing Life and Ignominious Death of Maurice Benyovszky (2017).

References
  1. Peter Parker (26 September 2004). "Fiction: An Abridged History by Andrew Drummond; The Blackpool Highflyer by Andrew Martin". The Sunday Times.
  2. Wright, Peter (2010), Ribbon of Wildness: Discovering the Watershed of Scotland, p. 194, ISBN 978-1-906817-45-9
  3. Bill Greenwell (1 September 2006). "Volapük, by Andrew Drummond: Laughter and lunacy in a vanishing language". The Independent. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

Bibliography

Books
  • 2004. An Abridged History. Edinburgh: Polygon.
  • 2006. A Hand-book of Volapük. Edinburgh: Polygon.
  • 2008. Elephantina. Edinburgh: Polygon.
  • 2010. Novgorod the Great. Edinburgh: Polygon.
  • 2017. The Intriguing Life and Ignominious Death of Maurice Benyovszky. New York/London: Routledge.

Short Stories
  • 2002. A Chronicle of the World 1840-1893. In: Writing Wrongs. Edinburgh: Canongate.
  • 2012. Dr Calvin's Grand Illuminated Bestial Pleasure Dome In: Unfit for Eden, Postcripts Anthology 26/27. Hornsea: PS Publishing.
  • 2013. The Providential Preservation of the Universal Bibliographic Repository. In: Memoryville Blues, Postcripts Anthology 30/31. Hornsea: PS Publishing.
  • 2014. One Hundred Thousand Demons and the Cherub of Desire. In: Far Voyager, Postcripts Anthology 32/33. Hornsea: PS Publishing.

Translations (from German)
  • 1983. Letters on Capital. London: New Park.
  • 1991. And Red is the Colour of Our Flag. London: New Park.
  • 1992. Trotsky and the Russian Social-Democratic Controversy over comparative revolutionary history. In: The Trotsky Reappraisal, Brotherstone e Dukes (red.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.



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