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Ewan Morrison
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<h2 id="life">Life</h2> <p>Morrison was born in <a href="/facts/Wick,_Caithness/nFMKFwp4">Wick, Caithness</a>, Scotland in 1968.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> His parents are singer Edna Morrison and the poet, painter, and librarian David Morrison.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> His father was a "literary figure of national significance"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> but was also an alcoholic.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> In interviews and essays, Morrison has talked about his unorthodox childhood in Caithness as a "hippie experiment".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>Morrison attended Pulteneytown Academy and <a href="/facts/Wick_High_School/Kz6KjwcX">Wick High School</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> He was bullied by other children because he grew up as a cultural outsider and had a <a href="/facts/Stuttering/smcUzSGB">stutter</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p><p>As a teenager, Morrison enjoyed making figures from modeling clay and decided to attend art school.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> He attended <a href="/facts/Glasgow_School_of_Art/IfUzTNXU">Glasgow School of Art</a> where he experimented with portrait painting and photography under <a href="/facts/Thomas_Joshua_Cooper/vdl3Ioh5">Thomas Joshua Cooper</a> before discovering <a href="/facts/Documentary_film/T0FBJpMR">documentary film</a> making.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> He graduated in 1990 with a first-class degree in art documentaries and also won the dissertation prize.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>Morrison has been a member of several organisations he later described as cults, the <a href="/facts/Socialist_Workers_Party_(Denmark)/M9r586PS">Socialist Workers Party</a>, an organisation related to <a href="/facts/Tvind/JqAKvzWV">Tvind</a>, and a <a href="/facts/New_Age/6cr8V2zG">New Age</a> group.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <h3>Film and television</h3> <p>Morrison worked as a television and film writer and director from 1990 to 2004.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> In 1992, he wrote scripts in Angers, France for three months after winning the <i>Pepinières Scholarship Pour Jeunes Artistes Européens</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Scottish_Arts_Council/qHC1cJlg">Scottish Arts Council</a> gave Morrison a Media Artists Award in 1994, allowing him to develop and direct several short films.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p><p>In 2000, Morrison was nominated for a <a href="/facts/BAFTA_Scotland/qy98Hm7j">BAFTA Scotland</a> Award for Best Director (Television) and Best TV Production for <i>I Saw You</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> <i>I Saw You</i> won the <a href="/facts/Royal_Television_Society_Programme_Awards/esTlfsHN">Royal Television Society Programme Awards</a> for Best Regional Drama in 2001.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p><p>From 2003 to 2005, Morrison was a resident scriptwriter at Madstone Films in New York.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> However, after two years of work, his film project fell apart.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> His first feature film screenplay, <i>Swung</i> (2007), was an adaptation of his novel.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> Morrison was also a scriptwriter for <i><a href="/facts/Cold_Call/rGBm43EM">Cold Call</a></i> and <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix's</a> <i><a href="/facts/Outlaw_King/DzfSg82I">Outlaw King</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> </p> <h3>Cultural critic</h3> <p>Morrison regularly writes as a <a href="/facts/Cultural_commentator/UpqJTKXN">cultural commentator</a> for newspapers, including <i><a href="/facts/The_Guardian/H84wwJYM">The Guardian</a></i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/The_Scotsman/rRrTayYf">The Scotsman</a>,</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/The_Telegraph_(London)/aHa5nNw5">The Telegraph</a>,</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> and <i><a href="/facts/The_Times/5BwkodnX">The Times</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> He is also a contributor to magazines such as <i><a href="/facts/Bella_Caledonia/GsfdaSjq">Bella Caledonia</a></i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/The_Psychologist_(magazine)/EfFBx0Ck">The Psychologist</a>,</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/Psychology_Today/g5ccKEdt">Psychology Today</a>,</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/Quillette/aN0s5v5j">Quillette</a>,</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> and the literary journal <i><a href="/facts/3:AM_Magazine/emtCojfJ">3:AM Magazine</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a><i>.</i> </p><p>At the <a href="/facts/Edinburgh_International_Book_Festival/aSYdRgaj">Edinburgh International Book Festival</a> in 2011, Morrison gave a talk where he predicted the end of print books in 25 years; a related article followed this in <i>The Guardian.</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> He wrote that it will be impossible for authors to continue to make a living writing books due to changes in sales models and the decline of advances from publishers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> He has also written about the role of fan fiction in publishing and what he had dubbed the "self-epublishing bubble".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> </p><p>Morrison was originally a supporter of <a href="/facts/Scottish_independence/tYF5fwbT">Scottish independence</a>; however, he later publicly stated that he had changed his mind and voted for remaining in the United Kingdom.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> </p><p>Morrison says he uses writing to unravel the utopian/apocalyptic mindset that he was brought up with.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> In 2016, he gave a <a href="/facts/TEDx_Talk/Sc3JxnA1">TEDx Talk</a> on the history and consequences of <a href="/facts/Utopia/Jddz3yUp">utopian</a> projects.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> He has also written articles about <a href="/facts/Collective/46AyTlC2">collectives</a> and utopian projects.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> His writings on this topic range from "top 10 books about communes" to an article about cults for <i>Psychology Today.</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a> </p><p>In a September 2014 article in <i>The Guardian,</i> Morrison said that young adult dystopian fiction serves as <a href="/facts/Propaganda/nGeaIHVJ">propaganda</a> for "right-wing <a href="/facts/Libertarianism/IWNllND8">libertarianism</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a> This piece "sent shockwaves through sci-fi fandom",<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a> resulting in responses from other writers and scholars.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a> </p> <h3>Author</h3> <p>In 2005, Morrison received the <a href="/facts/Scottish_Arts_Council/qHC1cJlg">Scottish Arts Council</a> Writer's Bursary, a cash award that allows unpublished writers to devote time to writing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a> Published a year later in 2006, Morrison's first book, <i>The Last Book You Read and Other Stories,</i> is a short story collection that explores relationships in the era of <a href="/facts/Globalisation/0locjSHH">globalisation</a>. <i>The Times</i> said it was "the most compelling Scottish literary debut since <i><a href="/facts/Trainspotting_(novel)/vnwF4Rod">Trainspotting</a></i>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> <i>The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature says,</i> "Undeniably Morrison’s collection of short stories makes a contribution to contemporary world literature".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a> However, <a href="/facts/Arena_(magazine)/Fn6I5cy9"><i>Arena</i> magazine</a> responded by calling Morrison a "Scottish purveyor erudite filth".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a> One of the stories from the collection was made into the short film <i>None of the Above.</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a> </p><p>In 2006, Morrison received the <a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a>/Edinburgh City of Literature residency at <a href="/facts/Varuna,_The_Writers%27_House/WVdKUKxq">Varuna, The Writer's House</a> in Australia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a> That same year, he was a finalist for the 2006 Arena Magazine Man of the Year Literature Prize.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/New_Statesman/BFMIHm4W">New Statesman</a></i> named Morrison to its list of "five young writers to watch" in March 2007.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a> </p><p>Morrison's first novel, <i>Swung</i> (2007) was about a <a href="/facts/Glasgow/hHUX44Ra">Glasgow</a> <a href="/facts/Yuppie/ugNce0x0">yuppie</a> couple who work for a television company and get involved with the <a href="/facts/Swinging_(sexual_practice)/1cxWFPav">swinging</a> scene.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a> The novel was adapted into a film in 2015, with Morrison writing the <a href="/facts/Screenplay/91NF136m">screenplay</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a> <i>Distance</i> was Morrison's second novel. It explored <a href="/facts/Phone_sex/9keyR2uS">phone sex</a>, parenthood, and two people involved in a long-distance relationship.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/The_Telegraph_(London)/aHa5nNw5">The Telegraph</a></i> said, "[Morrison’s] narrative voice is completely original. His prose feels utterly contemporary, with a smooth, readable texture."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a> <i>The Times</i> called it "utterly compelling...Morrison is one of the finest novelists around".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a> However, other reviewers found the book depressing; Jonathan Cape of <i><a href="/facts/The_Scotsman/rRrTayYf">The Scotsman</a></i> noted, "A death would liven things up" and there is "too much verbiage [and] conversational psychotherapy."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a> </p><p>Released in 2009, Morrison's third novel <i>Ménage</i> is about three dysfunctional artists living in a <a href="/facts/Bisexuality/An3RSnKG">bisexual</a> <i><a href="/facts/M%C3%A9nage_%C3%A0_trois/zBfquI6A">ménage à trois</a></i> in 1990s London.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a> Morrison based the novel on his experiences within the fashionable <a href="/facts/Nihilistic/qETgtSKu">nihilistic</a> circles of the British art scene after graduating from art school.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a> The novel was inspired by the infamous <i>ménage à trois</i> between <a href="/facts/Henry_Miller/q5mLQeL2">Henry Miller</a>, his wife, and her lover.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a> </p><p>His 2012 novel, <i>Close Your Eyes,</i> is about a woman who was brought up in a <a href="/facts/Hippie/3ScjoQ4G">hippie</a> commune in the 1960s and 1970s and returns 25 years later to search for the mother who abandoned her.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a> Morrison has described the book as a partly autobiographical reaction to "coming to terms with a hippy childhood' and being raised by political extremists.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a> <i>Close Your Eyes</i> won the <a href="/facts/Scottish_Mortgage_Investment_Trust_Book_Awards/qAUMyB1b">Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards</a> Book of the Year Fiction Prize in 2013.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a> </p><p>Morrison's <i>Tales from the Mall</i> (2012) is "a mash-up of fact, fiction, essays, and multi-format media that tells of the rise of the <a href="/facts/Shopping_mall/nlNx4ts6">shopping mall</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a> <i>Tales from the Mall</i> won <a href="/facts/Not_the_Booker_Prize/g2fAzMYA">Not the Booker Prize</a> in 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a> It was shortlisted for the <a href="/facts/Saltire_Society/Ctl1lhBy">Saltire Society</a> Book of the Year Award and the <a href="/facts/Creative_Scotland/UNIB9dr5">Creative Scotland</a> Writer of the Year Award.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a> </p><p>Morrison's seventh novel, <i>Nina X</i>, was published in 2019.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a> Written as a journal, the novel is about a woman who was raised in a commune-cult without toys or books and escapes into the outside world.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a><i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a> Nina X</i> won the 2019 <a href="/facts/Saltire_Society_Literary_Awards/MPfnGpw0">Saltire Society Literary Award</a> for Fiction Book of the Year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91"><sup>91</sup></a> It is currently in development as a movie by director <a href="/facts/David_Mackenzie_(director)/85S2yQ4a">David Mackenzie</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92"><sup>92</sup></a> </p><p><i>How to Survive Everything</i> is Morrison's eighth novel and was published in 2021.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93"><sup>93</sup></a> This thriller, written in the style of a survival guide, is about a teenager who is abducted and taken to a bunker by her father who believes the world is ending.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94"><sup>94</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:95" href="#fn:95"><sup>95</sup></a> The novel was longlisted for <a href="/facts/Bloody_Scotland/BbBjYBGy">Bloody Scotland's</a> The McIlvanney Prize 2021.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:96" href="#fn:96"><sup>96</sup></a> In 2022, the novel was optioned for a television series.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:97" href="#fn:97"><sup>97</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="themes-and-style">Themes and style</h2><p> Literary critic <a href="/facts/Stuart_Kelly_(literary_critic)/DvXMpzXD">Stuart Kelly</a> described Morrison as "the most fluent and intelligent writer of his generation here in Scotland". Professor of Scottish literature Marie-Odile Pittin-Hedon says that Morrison's fiction and essays explore the human condition within the <a href="/facts/Globalization/0locjSHH">globalized</a> world, similar to the subjects of <a href="/facts/Postmodernism/aBgbw8QJ">postmodern</a> sociologist <a href="/facts/Zygmunt_Bauman/yzI33j5B">Zygmunt Bauman</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:98" href="#fn:98"><sup>98</sup></a> In a summary written for the <a href="/facts/British_Council/zdz5k2sS">British Council</a>, Garann Holcombe says:</p><p>In many ways, Morrison’s work, like that of <a href="/facts/Michel_Houellebecq/83o8YVw4">Michel Houellebecq</a>, who is very much his literary forebear, is extremely frightening. It deals with illusion and distance; with everything we manufacture to move us from language, dialogue, contact, knowledge, love, ourselves...In his universe, we are naive participants in an endless narrative invention based on a palimpsest of lies, stories and half-truths – wanting colour, but with no interest in what that colour is made of.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:99" href="#fn:99"><sup>99</sup></a></p><p>Morrison's writing has been mistaken for that of a female writer,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:100" href="#fn:100"><sup>100</sup></a> because of his convincing portrayal of "a woman’s point of view about such topics as breastfeeding, depression and how it feels to abandon your child".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:101" href="#fn:101"><sup>101</sup></a> </p><p>For Morrison's first five books, he practiced "experiential writing", putting himself into new and often extreme situations to find material for his novels, including becoming a <a href="/facts/Swinging_(sexual_practice)/1cxWFPav">swinger</a>, a <a href="/facts/Mystery_shopping/J0a68wfd">secret shopper</a>, and a <a href="/facts/New_Age/6cr8V2zG">New Age</a> convert.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:102" href="#fn:102"><sup>102</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:103" href="#fn:103"><sup>103</sup></a> He admits, "All my characters are a bit of me but pushed to limits...."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:104" href="#fn:104"><sup>104</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Work</th><th>Award</th><th>Category</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref</th></tr><tr><th>2005</th><td><i>The Last Book You Read and Other Stories</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Arena_(magazine)/Fn6I5cy9"><i>Arena Magazine</i> Man of the Year Award</a></td><td>Fiction</td><td>Won</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:105" href="#fn:105"><sup>105</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">2012</th><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Glenfiddich_Spirit_of_Scotland_Awards/DYjbRha8">Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards</a></td><td>Writer of the Year</td><td>Won</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:106" href="#fn:106"><sup>106</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:107" href="#fn:107"><sup>107</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:108" href="#fn:108"><sup>108</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Tales from the Mall</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Not_the_Booker_Prize/g2fAzMYA">Not the Booker Prize</a></td><td>—</td><td>Won</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:109" href="#fn:109"><sup>109</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:110" href="#fn:110"><sup>110</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th>2013</th><td><i>Close Your Eyes</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Scottish_Mortgage_Investment_Trust_Book_Awards/qAUMyB1b">Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards</a></td><td>Fiction</td><td>Won</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:111" href="#fn:111"><sup>111</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:112" href="#fn:112"><sup>112</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th>2019</th><td><i>Nina X</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Saltire_Society_Literary_Awards/MPfnGpw0">Saltire Society Literary Award</a></td><td>Fiction</td><td>Won</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:113" href="#fn:113"><sup>113</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>As an adult, Morrison learned to manage his stutter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:114" href="#fn:114"><sup>114</sup></a> He married and had two children.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:115" href="#fn:115"><sup>115</sup></a> After a film project he had worked on for two years in New York fell apart in 2005, Morrison says he "cracked up" and turned to "dangerous, alcohol-fuelled behaviour".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:116" href="#fn:116"><sup>116</sup></a> He lost his home and his marriage ended in divorce.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:117" href="#fn:117"><sup>117</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:118" href="#fn:118"><sup>118</sup></a> </p><p>He is now married to <a href="/facts/Emily_Ballou/QeEmaTVX">Emily Ballou</a>, an Australian-American poet and former <a href="/facts/Lesbian/b8hj21I6">lesbian</a> whom he met in 2006.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:119" href="#fn:119"><sup>119</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:120" href="#fn:120"><sup>120</sup></a> The couple lives in Glasgow.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:121" href="#fn:121"><sup>121</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:122" href="#fn:122"><sup>122</sup></a> They have collaborated on several screenwriting projects.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:123" href="#fn:123"><sup>123</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="works">Works</h2> <h3>Film and television</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhu6L6q1V0c&ab_channel=EwanMorrison">Closet</a></i> (1994), director<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:124" href="#fn:124"><sup>124</sup></a></li> <li><i>Blue Christmas</i> (1994), director<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:125" href="#fn:125"><sup>125</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:126" href="#fn:126"><sup>126</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Contract</i> (1995), director and screenplay<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:127" href="#fn:127"><sup>127</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:128" href="#fn:128"><sup>128</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Proposal</i> (1998), director and producer<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:129" href="#fn:129"><sup>129</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2SlDIlLJ0&ab_channel=EwanMorrison">I Saw You</a></i> (2000), director<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:130" href="#fn:130"><sup>130</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:131" href="#fn:131"><sup>131</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Lovers</i> (2000), director<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:132" href="#fn:132"><sup>132</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:133" href="#fn:133"><sup>133</sup></a></li> <li><i>American Blackout</i> (2013), screenplay co-written with <a href="/facts/Emily_Ballou/QeEmaTVX">Emily Ballou</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:134" href="#fn:134"><sup>134</sup></a></li> <li><i>Swung</i> (<a href="/facts/Sigma_Films/VrGaVz2v">Sigma Films</a>, 2015), screenplay<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:135" href="#fn:135"><sup>135</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:136" href="#fn:136"><sup>136</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7Ew3EIAGw&ab_channel=EwanMorrison">None of the Above</a></i> (2018), screenplay<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:137" href="#fn:137"><sup>137</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Novels</h3> <ul><li>—— (2007). <i>Swung</i>. Jonathan Cape. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780224078764.</li> <li>—— (2008). <i>Distance</i>. Jonathan Cape. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0224082372.</li> <li>—— (2009). <i>Ménage</i>. Jonathan Cape. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0224084406.</li> <li>—— (2012). <i>Tales from the Mall</i>. Cargo. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0956308375.</li> <li>—— (2012). <i>Close Your Eyes</i>. Jonathan Cape. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0224096232.</li> <li>—— (2019). <i>Nina X</i>. Fleet. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0708899021.</li> <li>—— (2021). <i>How to Survive Everything</i>. Contraband. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1913393151.</li> <li>—— (2025). <i>For Emma</i>. Leamington. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781914090950.</li></ul> <h3>Short story collection</h3> <ul><li>—— (2005). <i>The Last Book You Read and Other Stories</i>. Chroma. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1845020480.</li></ul> <h3>Articles</h3> <ul><li>"<a href="https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/07/03/ewan-morrison-essay-dead-malls-on-living-land/">Dead Malls On Living Land"</a>". <i><a href="/facts/Bella_Caledonia/GsfdaSjq">Bella Caledonia</a></i> (3 July 2012)</li> <li>"Coming to Terms with a Hippy Childhood". <i><a href="/facts/The_Times/5BwkodnX">The Times</a></i>. (12 September 2012).</li> <li>"<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/11/scottish-literature-over-the-borderline">Scottish Literature: Over the Borderline</a>". <i><a href="/facts/The_Guardian/H84wwJYM">The Guardian</a></i> (11 September 2013)</li> <li>"<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/01/ya-dystopias-children-free-market-hunger-games-the-giver-divergent">YA Dystopias Teach Children to Submit to the Free Market, Not Fight Authority</a>". <i><a href="/facts/The_Guardian/H84wwJYM">The Guardian</a></i> (1 September 2014)</li> <li>"<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/did-three-generations-family-fall-cults/">How Did Three Generations of My Family Fall into Cults?</a>" <i><a href="/facts/The_Telegraph_(London)/aHa5nNw5">The Telegraph</a></i> (6 May 2019)</li> <li>"<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/word-less/202303/has-a-loved-one-fallen-into-a-dangerous-cult">12 Signs That Someone May Be Involved With a Cult</a>". <i><a href="/facts/Psychology_Today/g5ccKEdt">Psychology Today</a></i> (29 March 2023)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://ewanmorrison.com/">Official web site</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kelly, Stuart (6 May 2019). "Book Review: Nina X, by Ewan Morrison". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 February 2024. <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-nina-x-by-ewan-morrison-1418229" target="_blank">https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-nina-x-by-ewan-morrison-1418229</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>McGinty, Stephen (17 February 2024). "I'm the victim of a misguided experiment in utopianism". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 17 February 2024. <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/im-the-victim-of-a-misguided-experiment-in-utopianism-jfdmrwdhj" target="_blank">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/im-the-victim-of-a-misguided-experiment-in-utopianism-jfdmrwdhj</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Ewan Morrison". National Galleries Scotland. 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BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27416015" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27416015</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Brocklehurst, Steven (20 May 2014). "Ewan Morrison: King of the Swingers Is Happy to Settle Down". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27416015" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27416015</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Ewan Morrison". National Galleries Scotland. Retrieved 20 February 2024. <a href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/ewan-morrison" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/ewan-morrison</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Ewan Morrison (6 May 2019). "How did three generations of my family fall into cults?". Daily Telegraph. <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Holcombe, Garan. "Ewan Morrison - Literature". British Council. Retrieved 17 February 2024. <a href="https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/ewan-morrison" target="_blank">https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/ewan-morrison</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"The Contract". Torino Film Fest. Retrieved 17 February 2024. <a href="https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/13-festival-internazionale-cinema-giovani/film/the-contract/1747/" target="_blank">https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/13-festival-internazionale-cinema-giovani/film/the-contract/1747/</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"The Contract". Torino Film Fest. 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Retrieved 19 February 2024. <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/11/ewan-morrisons-how-to-survive-everything-optioned-tv-series-development-made-up-stories-fifth-season-kindling-pictures-1235172387/" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2022/11/ewan-morrisons-how-to-survive-everything-optioned-tv-series-development-made-up-stories-fifth-season-kindling-pictures-1235172387/</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Wilkes, Neil (21 March 2001). "RTS Awards - Winners In Full". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 February 2024. <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a2364/rts-awards-winners-in-full/" target="_blank">https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a2364/rts-awards-winners-in-full/</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Holcombe, Garan. "Ewan Morrison - Literature". British Council. Retrieved 17 February 2024. <a href="https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/ewan-morrison" target="_blank">https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/ewan-morrison</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Gallix, Andrew (28 August 2009). "More Thanatos Than Eros". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2024. <a href="https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/more-thanatos-than-eros/" target="_blank">https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/more-thanatos-than-eros/</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Brocklehurst, Steven (20 May 2014). "Ewan Morrison: King of the Swingers Is Happy to Settle Down". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27416015" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27416015</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>Andreas Wiseman (6 November 2013). "Works Swings for Kennedy's Swung". ScreernDaily.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013. <a href="http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/works-swings-for-kennedys-swung/5063269.article" target="_blank">http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/works-swings-for-kennedys-swung/5063269.article</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>Glynn, Paul (24 May 2020). "UK film and TV: 'Expect Lots of Dramas in Space or Under the Sea'". Retrieved 20 February 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52663585" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52663585</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>Morrison, Ewan (30 July 2012). "Why social media isn't the magic bullet for self-epublished authors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 February 2024. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/30/tweet-about-cats-just-write" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/30/tweet-about-cats-just-write</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>"Creative Scotland Awards: The Nominees". The Scotsman. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2024. <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/creative-scotland-awards-the-nominees-2463641" target="_blank">https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/creative-scotland-awards-the-nominees-2463641</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>Morrison, Ewan (22 August 2009) "Frozen Like Some Primordial Mud-Man and With Clothes Torn, I Saw The Stone Roses". The Scotsman. Accessed 19 February 2024. <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/letters/ewan-morrison-frozen-like-some-primordial-mud-man-and-with-clothes-torn-i-saw-the-stone-roses-2458290" target="_blank">https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/letters/ewan-morrison-frozen-like-some-primordial-mud-man-and-with-clothes-torn-i-saw-the-stone-roses-2458290</a> <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>Morrison, Ewan (21 March 2021) "Only the Arts Can Help Us Understand Our Lives in Lockdown". The Telegraph. Accessed 19 February 2024. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/arts-can-help-us-understand-lives-lockdown/" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/arts-can-help-us-understand-lives-lockdown/</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>Morrison, Ewan (23 July 2009) "The Magic of a Ménage à Trois". The Times. Accessed 19 February 2024. <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-magic-of-a-menage-a-trois-b97g9j32shk" target="_blank">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-magic-of-a-menage-a-trois-b97g9j32shk</a> <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>Morrison, Ewan (16 November 2010). "Why Y Matters (Mapping the Coming Consumption Patterns of Generation Y)". Bella Caledonia. Retrieved 19 February 2024. <a href="https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2010/11/16/why-y-matters-mapping-the-coming-consumption-patterns-of-generation-y/" target="_blank">https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2010/11/16/why-y-matters-mapping-the-coming-consumption-patterns-of-generation-y/</a> <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>Morrison, Ewan (8 April 2019) "The Oceanic Feeling". The Psychologist. 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