Michael Pedersen: is a prize-winning Scottish author, a former Writer in Residence at Edinburgh University, and Edinburgh’s Makar (Poet Laureate). His debut novel Muckle Flugga was published by Faber in 2025 to rave reviews, several prize nominations, and will be released in French, German, Spanish, Italian, and beyond. His prose debut, Boy Friends, was a Sunday Times Critics Choice and shortlisted for Best Non-Fiction at Scotland’s National Book Awards. The Cat Prince & Other Poems, his third collection, won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Poetry 2023. Pedersen has also been shortlisted for the Forward Prizes for Poetry and won a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. His work has been praised by Stephen Fry, Ocean Vuong, Bernardine Evaristo, & many more.