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Jackie Kay

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Jackie Kay

Jacqueline Margaret Kay is a Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, known for her works Other Lovers (1993), Trumpet (1998) and Red Dust Road (2011). Kay has won many awards, including the Somerset Maugham Award in 1994, the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1998 and the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year Award in 2011.

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Books23

Wish I Was Here

Wish I Was Here

Refugee Tales: Volume II

Refugee Tales: Volume II

Refugee Tales II: Volume II

Refugee Tales II: Volume II

Reality, Reality

Reality, Reality

May Day

May Day

2024
Imagine a Country: Ideas for a Better Future

Imagine a Country: Ideas for a Better Future

2020
Here I Stand: Stories that Speak for Freedom

Here I Stand: Stories that Speak for Freedom

2016
The Picador Book of 40

The Picador Book of 40

2012

with Megan Abbott and Kevin Wilson

The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers: Welcome Home Jacko; Chiaroscuro; Talking in Tongues; Sing Yer Heart Out ...; Fix Up; Gone To

The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers: Welcome Home Jacko; Chiaroscuro; Talking in Tongues; Sing Yer Heart Out ...; Fix Up; Gone To

2011
Fiere

Fiere

2010
Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey

Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey

2010
The Lamplighter

The Lamplighter

2008
Life Mask

Life Mask

2005
My Daughter, The Fox

My Daughter, The Fox

2003
Why Don't You Stop Talking : Stories

Why Don't You Stop Talking : Stories

2002
Magic

Magic

2002

with Christopher Brookmyre and Ben Okri

Los blues de Joss Moody

Los blues de Joss Moody

1998
Trimitas

Trimitas

1998
Trompeta

Trompeta

1998
Trumpet

Trumpet

1998
Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

1997
Other Lovers

Other Lovers

1993
The Adoption Papers

The Adoption Papers

1991

Collections2

Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages

Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages

2019

with Joy Harjo

Granta 98: The Deep End

Granta 98: The Deep End

2007