Fred Urquhart (12 July 1912 – 2 December 1995) was a Scottish short story writer. Frederick Burrows Urquhart was born in Edinburgh. His father was chauffeur to the Earl of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle. He spent much of his childhood in Fife, Perthshire and Wigtownshire. He attended Stranraer High School and Broughton Secondary School. From 1947 he worked as a reader for a London literary agency, and from 1951 to 1954 he read scripts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. From 1951 to 1974 he was a reader for Cassell, and from 1967 to 1971 for J. M. Dent. He also edited a number of books.