Born:(1955-03-19)19 March 1955, Dunfermline, Scotland
Died:29 May 2024(2024-05-29) (aged 69)
Awards:T. S. Eliot Prize, , Forward Poetry Prize, , David Cohen Prize Scottish Arts Council Book Award, , Whitbread Book Award, , Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, , Saltire Scottish Book of the Year, , Cholmondeley Award, , Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards, , Corine Literature Prize
Education:Cambridge College of Arts and Technology
Occupation:Writer
Notable work:The Hoop, Common Knowledge, A Lie About My Father, Black Cat Bone