Magi Gibson
Magi Gibson is a Scottish poet and children's author.
Early life and education
Gibson was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the University of Glasgow.Career
In 2000, Gibson won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize, with her sequence The Senile Dimension, and has also won the Stirling Open Poetry prize. In 2007, she was the Writer in Residence at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art. From 2009 to 2012, Gibson held the position of Makar for the City of Stirling, the first person to hold the title in 500 years. She was a Reader in Residence at Glasgow Women's Library, has been the recipient of three Scottish Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowships, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship.Gibson has also published a series of children's novels, Seriously Sassy.
Personal life
Gibson lives in Glasgow and is married to comedy novelist Ian Macpherson.Works
Poetry collections
Kicking Back ; Strange Fish ; Wild Women of a Certain Age ; Graffiti in Red Lipstick ; Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks I like Your Hat ;Poetry pamphlets
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