Michael Pedersen

Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning writer and the current Edinburgh Makar or poet laureate. His prose debut, Boy Friends, was published by Faber & Faber to rave reviews, and was a Sunday Times Critics Choice. His third collection, The Cat Prince & Other Poems, won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Poetry in 2023. Michael has been shortlisted for the Forward Prizes for Poetry and The Saltire Scottish National Book Awards, and won a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. His work has attracted praise from the likes of Stephen Fry, Bernardine Evaristo, Irvine Welsh, Kae Tempest & many more. His debut novel, Muckle Flugga, was published by Faber in 2025.