Gordon M. Williams

Gordon Maclean Williams was a Scottish author of more than 20 novels. Notable among his books is From Scenes Like These, shortlisted for the 1969 Booker Prize, and The Siege of Trencher's Farm, which was adapted for the controversial Sam Peckinpah film, Straw Dogs. Williams was a scriptwriter for films adapted from his own novels as well as for books by other authors.