Andrew Drummond is a Scottish writer, translator and novelist. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen and King's College, London and worked as a software engineer and database designer in local government. His first novel, An Abridged History of the Construction of the Railway Line between Garve, Ullapool and Lochinver was published by Polygon and shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year Award in 2004. His later novels are A Handbook of Volapük, Elephantina and Novgorod the Great. He is also the author of The Intriguing Life and Ignominious Death of Maurice Benyovszky.