Alastair Chisholm

{{Short description|Scottish children's writer}}

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Alastair Chisholm is a Scottish children's writer and puzzle maker.{{cite web |title=Alastair Chisholm |url=https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/alastair-chisholm |publisher=Scottish Book Trust |access-date=12 September 2023}}

His Inch and Grub won the 2022 Queen's Knickers Award.{{cite web |title=The Queen's Knickers Award |date=8 May 2020 |url=https://www2.societyofauthors.org/prizes/the-soa-awards/queens-knickers-awards/ |publisher=Society of Authors |access-date=12 September 2023}} and the Scottish Book Trust's 2022 Bookbug Children's Picture Book Prize.{{cite web |title=Winning books from The Bookbug Picture Book Prize |url=https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-lists/the-bookbug-picture-book-prize |publisher=Scottish Book Trust |access-date=12 September 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Rudden |first1=Liam |title=Edinburgh author wins Scottish Books Trust's prestigious Bookbug Picture Book Prize |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/education/edinburgh-author-wins-prestigious-bookbug-picture-book-prize-3541378 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=26 January 2022}}

Orion Lost was a finalist in "younger fiction" section of the 2021 Waterstones Children's Book Prize.{{cn|date=September 2023}}

One Hungry Dragon was published in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Lauren |title=Hachette Children's nets two from Scottish authors as part of regional talent strategy |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/hachette-childrens-nets-two-from-scottish-authors-as-part-of-regional-talent-strategy |access-date=12 September 2023 |date=5 July 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Amato |first1=Megan |title=Book Review: "One Hungry Dragon" |url=https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/books/book-review-one-hungry-dragon/ |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Scottish Field |date=10 March 2023}}