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Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh. She is the third modern Makar, the Scottish poet laureate. A poet, novelist and writer of short stories, she has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. Her first novel Trumpet won the Authors' Club First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. She is also the author of three collections of stories with Picador, Why Don't You Stop Talking, Wish I Was Here, and Reality, Reality; two poetry collections, Fiere and Bantam; and her memoir, Red Dust Road. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University, and lives in Manchester, where she is currently Chancellor of the University of Salford.A clear-eyed, witty and unsentimental account of the push and pull between nature and nurture. Happiness shines through
Sunday Times
Wonderful, humane . . . This is a book with resolution, determination and honesty
Scotland on Sunday
It is Kay’s abundant wit that makes Red Dust Road such a moving, spirited work. This is a terrifically easy, evocative, and often amusing read . . . A remarkable, soul-searching journey
Sunday Herald
Like the best memoirs, this one is written with novelistic and poetic flair. <i>Red Dust Road </i>is a fantastic, probing and heart-warming read
Independent
Kay’s strength as a poet has always been her clear, plain style, and its fearless spoken poignancy
- Daily Telegraph,
One of Scotland's most celebrated living writers
Spectator