Allan Gaw - From Medicine to Murder: A Pathologist’s Journey into Crime Fiction

Tain Sheriff Court House, Tain, IV19 1AB
Saturday 12th September 2026
A physician and pathologist by training, Allan Gaw is now a full-time writer. His short stories, crime fiction, non-fiction and poetry are published widely. The next in his Dr Jack Cuthbert mystery series, The Last Gifts to the Dead, is published in September.


After working in pathology for over thirty years, Allan Gaw decided to become a full-time writer.   In this presentation, Allan will tell the story of the highs and lows of that journey from pathology to becoming a published author and of the laughs along the way. Questions will be welcome.