{{Short description|Scottish poet and children's author}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Magi Gibson | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1953 | birth_place = Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Poet and children's author | language = | nationality = Scottish | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Glasgow University | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notable_works = ''Graffiti in Red Lipstick,<br>Wild Women of a Certain Age,<br>Strange Fish,<br>Kicking Back,<br>Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks'' | spouse = Ian Macpherson | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize,<br>Stirling Open Poetry prize | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | signature_type = | years_active = | module = | website = {{URL|https://www.magigibson.co.uk/}} | portaldisp = }}
'''Magi Gibson''' (1953) is a Scottish poet and children's author.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/magi-gibson|title=Magi Gibson {{!}} Poetry {{!}} Scottish Poetry Library|website=www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-02-23}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Gibson was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the University of Glasgow.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == In 2000, Gibson won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize, with her sequence ''The Senile Dimension,''<ref name=":0" /> and has also won the Stirling Open Poetry prize.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2016/12/23/new-poetry-by-magi-gibson/|title=NEW POETRY BY MAGI GIBSON|date=2016-12-23|work=Glasgow Review of Books|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2007, she was the Writer in Residence at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://booksfromscotland.com/bfs-author/magi-gibson/|title=Magi Gibson {{!}} Books from Scotland|work=Books from Scotland|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/row-breaks-out-after-stirling-names-first-ever-makar-1-4041984|title=Row breaks out after Stirling names first ever Makar|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en}}</ref> She was a Reader in Residence at Glasgow Women's Library,<ref name=":1" /> has been the recipient of three Scottish Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowships, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship.<ref name=":2" />
Gibson has also published a series of children's novels, ''Seriously Sassy''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/discuss-and-debate/saltire-women/outstanding-women-of-scotland-community/2015-celebration/magi-gibson/|title=Magi Gibson|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2018-02-23}}</ref>
== Personal life == Gibson lives in Glasgow and is married to comedy novelist Ian Macpherson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-52370376|title = Coronavirus: Bringing poets together to share a 'storm of emotions'|work = BBC News|date = 23 April 2020}}</ref>
== Works ==
=== Poetry collections === * ''Kicking Back'' (Taranis Books, 1993); {{ISBN|978-1873899656}} * ''Strange Fish'' (with Helen Lamb) (Duende Poetry, 1997); {{ISBN|978-1900537032}} * ''Wild Women of a Certain Age'' (Chapman Publishing, 2000); {{ISBN|978-0906772959}} * ''Graffiti in Red Lipstick'' (Curly Snake, 2003); {{ISBN|978-1902141039}} * ''Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks'' (Luath Press, 2017) {{ISBN|978-1910745861}} * ''I like Your Hat'' (Luath Press, 2020); {{ISBN|978-1913025731}}
=== Poetry pamphlets === * ''Premier Results'' (with Brian Whittingham) * ''Death of a Wife''
=== Plays === * ''One Foot in the Cuckoo's Nest'' (with Ian Macpherson) BBC Radio 4, 2006 * ''Our Boys'', 2016
=== Children's Books === * ''Seriously Sassy'' (Puffin, 2009); {{ISBN|978-0141324647}} * ''Seriously Sassy, Pinch me, I'm Dreaming'' (Puffin, 2009); {{ISBN|978-0141324654}} * ''Seriously Sassy, Crazy Days, Puffin'' (Puffin, 2010); {{ISBN|978-0141324661}}
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