English novel L. Kennedy (born 1965) whose 2007 novel "Day" was named Book of the Year in the Costa Book Awards. In 2007 she won the Austrian State Prize for European Literature; Alasdair Gray (born 1934) whose "" (1981) is a dystopian fantasy set in his home town Glasgow. Another contemporary Scot is Irvine Welsh, whose novel "Trainspotting" (1993), gives a brutal depiction of the lives of working class Edinburgh drug users. Angela Carter (1940–1992) was a novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. Writing from the 1960s until the 1980s, her novels include, "The Infernal Desire
Frank S. Welsh Frank S. Welsh Frank Sagendorph Welsh (born February 11, 1950) is president of the U.S.-based Welsh Color and Conservation, Inc., a company that analyzes old paints and wallpapers; their pigments and fibers. Welsh grew up in Ardmore, Pennsylvania and graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania in 1970. He is the second son of James Conwell Welsh and Suzanne S. Welsh. After two years with the National Park Service, in 1974 Welsh founded Frank S. Welsh Co., later Welsh Color & Conservation, Inc. While the majority of his projects have been historic house museums, such as Independence Hall and Monticello