Donald S. Murray comes from Ness at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis and now works in close proximity to 'the Ness' at the southern tip of Shetland. His experience of life clearly limited, he has written much about islands and the seabirds that fly around them. The gannet especially features in The Guga Hunters (Birlinn) and Praising The Guga (North Idea); both taking flight in October 2008. These books were inspired by the men who hunt the guga (or young gannets) each year in Sulageir off the north-east coast of Lewis.

His poetry publications are Between Minch and Muckle Flugga (Kettillonia, 2005), and Small Expectations (Two Ravens, 2010).