"Allan Johnstone Massie" Order of the British Empire/CBE (born 1938) is a Scottish journalist, columnist, sports writer and novelist.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has lived in the Scottish Borders for the last 25 years, and now lives in Selkirk, Scottish Borders/Selkirk.

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