Magi Gibson (1953) is a Scottish poet and children's author. ^[1]

Gibson was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the University of Glasgow. ^[1]

In 2000, Gibson won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize, with her sequence The Senile Dimension, ^[1] and has also won the Stirling Open Poetry prize. ^[2] In 2007, she was the Writer in Residence at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art. ^[3] From 2009 to 2012, Gibson held the position of Makar for the City of Stirling, the first person to hold the title in 500 years. ^[4] She was a Reader in Residence at Glasgow Women's Library, ^[2] has been the recipient of three Scottish Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowships, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship. ^[3]

Gibson has also published a series of children's novels, Seriously Sassy. ^[5]

Gibson lives in Glasgow and is married to comedy novelist Ian Macpherson. ^[6]

• Kicking Back (Taranis Books, 1993); ISBN  978-1873899656
• Strange Fish (with Helen Lamb) (Duende Poetry, 1997); ISBN  978-1900537032
• Wild Women of a Certain Age (Chapman Publishing, 2000); ISBN  978-0906772959
• Graffiti in Red Lipstick (Curly Snake, 2003); ISBN  978-1902141039
• Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks (Luath Press, 2017) ISBN  978-1910745861
• I like Your Hat (Luath Press, 2020); ISBN  978-1913025731

• Premier Results (with Brian Whittingham)
• Death of a Wife

• One Foot in the Cuckoo's Nest (with Ian Macpherson) BBC Radio 4, 2006
• Our Boys, 2016

• Seriously Sassy (Puffin, 2009); ISBN  978-0141324647
• Seriously Sassy, Pinch me, I'm Dreaming (Puffin, 2009); ISBN  978-0141324654
• Seriously Sassy, Crazy Days, Puffin (Puffin, 2010); ISBN  978-0141324661