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I’ve been a novelist, short story writer and poet, based in Edinburgh, since the 1980s, publishing my first books of fiction and poetry in 1989, the same year as my second daughter was born.

I have published three novels, six collections of short stories, and three of poetry. A fourth collection of poetry, Memory Foam, is due out in 2025.

My work has received various awards and fellowships, including: the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Award, two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards, a Society of Authors’ Travel Award,  the McCash poetry prize, a Unesco/City of Literature Fellowship and a Leverhulme Fellowship.  It has been shortlisted for various awards, including the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award, the McVitie’s Scottish Writer of the Year, the Scottish Arts Council/Sundial Award, the Cosmopolitan Short Story Award, and nominated for the International Impac Dublin Literary Award.

As well as going solo, I enjoy creative collaborations with writers, visual artists, composers and scientists, which has resulted in a variety of publications and performances. Now I have more time to pursue and develop my visual art practice, and . I’m an enthusiastic member of Edinburgh Printmakers where, for the first time, I’ve been collaborating with myself, producing a series of etchings speaking to poems which will form part of the new collection.

You can find some examples of work on the Gallery page of this website.

About

I was born and brought up in Glasgow but have lived in Edinburgh for most of my adult life. My partner is also a writer and we have two grown-up daughters and, to date, a granddaughter and grandson.   I’ve been writing since the early 80s. I began with poetry, then ventured into short stories. I… Continue reading About

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