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She is the third modern Makar, the Scottish poet laureate. A poet, novelist and writer of short stories, she has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. Her novel Trumpet won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She is also the author of collections of stories with Picador, Why Don’t You Stop Talking, Wish I Was Here, and Reality, Reality; poetry collections Fiere and Bantam; and a memoir, Red Dust Road. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University, and lives in Manchester, where she is currently Chancellor of the University of Salford.

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Poetry

Fiere

Darling

Life Mask

Off Colour

Other Lovers

The Adoption Papers

Bantam

Fiction

Reality, Reality

Wish I Was Here

Why Don’t You Stop Talking

Trumpet

Non-fiction

Red Dust Road

First published 2008 by Bloodaxe Books

Highgreen, Tarset, Northumberland

First published by Picador 2020

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