Marion McCready is a Scottish poet. She has published two poetry collections, Tree Language (2014) and Madame Ecosse (2017).
Biography
Marion McCready was born in Stornoway, Lewis, and was brought up in Dunoon, Argyll, where she now lives with her husband and two children. She studied for a joint honours degree in politics and classical civilisations at the University of Glasgow, followed by an MLitt in philosophy.
While studying at the University she was the recipient of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize. In 2013 she received both the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award, and the Melita Hume Poetry Prize.
Themes in her poems include nature, history, women’s experiences, folklore and spirituality.
Poetry collections
Madame Ecosse. (2017) Tree Language (2014) Vintage Sea. (2011)
Awards and honours
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize
2013 Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award
2013 Melita Hume Poetry Prize
See also
Poetry of Scotland
Scottish Poetry Library
References
21st-century Scottish poets
Scottish women poets
Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Scottish women writers Living people Alumni of the University of Glasgow