Zoé Strachan

Strachan grew up in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. She studied Archaeology and Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and earned an MPhil in Creative Writing at the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. She later became a creative writing tutor at the niversity of Glasgow. Strachan's writing has won the Betty Trask Award; been shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year; seen her named Writer-in-Residence at the National Museum of Scotland; awarded the Hermann Kesten fellowship; nominated for the London Book Awards; shortlisted for Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year; among other accolades. Strachan lives in Glasgow with her partner, the novelist Louise Welsh.