Sandy Reid

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Sandy Reid (born 1958) is the Scottish author of the book Never To Return.{{cite news |title='Stolen son' reveals heartache over traveller mum's doomed battle to get him back |author=Annie Brown |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/2008/10/21/stolen-son-reveals-heartache-over-traveller-mum-s-doomed-battle-to-get-him-back-86908-20823934/ |newspaper=Daily Record (Scotland) |date=21 October 2008 |accessdate=11 November 2011}}

Nominated for the Orwell Prize in 2008 the book is written from the viewpoint of a Scottish Traveller, and portrays a harrowing journey through childhood, characterised by adversity and abuse. The book describes how Sandy entered care at a young age and how this experience isolated him from his family, his heritage, his identity and his transient way of life.