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The birthplace of Arthur Conan Doyle, marked today by a bronze statue of his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes.

The New Town townhouse where a young, sickly Robert Louis Stevenson spent much of his childhood.

The ground-floor den where Sir Walter Scott wrote the Waverley novels.

The birthplace of Kenneth Grahame, the man who dreamed up Toad Hall and The Wind in the Willows.

The Old Town courtyard where philosopher David Hume was living when he famously fell out with Rousseau.

The flat where James Boswell hosted Dr. Johnson and began the biography that made them both immortal.

The café now known as the "Birthplace of Harry Potter," where a struggling J.K. Rowling wrote the first two books.

The Marchmont flat where Ian Rankin set detective John Rebus's home, chosen because he could see it from his own desk.

The tenement where Muriel Spark grew up, in the genteel neighbourhood that later inspired The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

The Merchiston home where Alexander McCall Smith still writes the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels.

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