Magi Gibson (1953) is a Scottish poet and children's author.

Early life and education

Gibson was born in

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, Stirlingshire, in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the

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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 2009-2012, Gibson held the position of

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for the City of Stirling, the first person to hold the title in 500 years. She was a Reader in Residence at

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, 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

* ''Graffiti in Red Lipstick'' * ''Wild Women of a Certain Age'' * ''Strange Fish'' (with

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) * ''Kicking Back'' * ''Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks'' (2017)

Poetry pamphlets

* ''Premier Results'' (with

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) * ''Death of a Wife''

References

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