Team
The team behind the 2025-26 edition of From Arthur’s Seat
Editors-In-Chief
Fantasy and Mystery writer from Gurgaon, India
What is your favourite writing spot in Edinburgh?
my room!
Free verse poet from Fairfax, VA, USA
Name a character from literature that you would bring to life.
Does the closet from Narnia Count? No? Then probably Nastenka from White Nights
Co-Managing Directors
Children's fiction writer from Conroe, TX, USA
Name a character who deserves jail time, but you still defend.
Jean Valjean from Les Miserables
Hybrid and free verse poet from Switzerland and Italy
What book would you bring to a deserted island?
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller or The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Editors
Literary Fiction writer from Essex, England
Which author would you invite to dinner?
Rachel Cusk (her mind…)
Free verse poet from Portland, Oregon, USA
What celebrity would you ghost write for?
I’d ghost write for William Shakespeare just to make it even harder for the conspiracy theorists trying to figure out who actually wrote all the plays.
Speculative and Literary Fiction writer from San Francisco, CA, USA
Which author would you invite to dinner?
Catullus
Literary and Gothic friction writer from North London, UK
What character are you in a murder mystery?
Irene Adler from Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia
Speculative fiction writer from Logan, UT, USA
Name a character from literature that you would bring to life.
Gandalf from Lord of The Rings
Literary fiction writer from London, UK
Name a character who deserves jail time, but you still defend.
They’re pretty evil but I’ve always been fond of Goneril and Regan from King Lear
Free verse poet from England & Germany
What book would you bring to a deserted island?
Foster by Claire Keegan or In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Free verse/concrete poet from Edinburgh, Scotland
What character are you in a murder mystery?
Audrey Horne - Twin Peaks
Free verse poet from Dublin, Ireland
What book would you bring to a deserted island?
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Free verse poet from Cork, Ireland
What celebrity would you ghost write for?
Grian Chatten (like he needs the help)
Literary Fiction and Fantasy writer from Glasgow, Scotland
What is your favourite writing spot in Edinburgh?
Heart and Bottle Cafe, Bruntsfield
Free verse poet from Melbourne, Australia
Name a character from literature that you would bring to life.
Miss Honey from Matilda
Speculative fiction writer from Stratham, NH, USA
Name a character who deserves jail time, but you still defend.
Kaz Brekker (he may be a criminal but he’d do anything for his crew)
Art Department
Speculative Fiction writer from Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Which author would you invite to dinner?
Julia Armfield (call me!)
Literary Fiction writer from Winnipeg, Canada
What is your favourite writing spot in Edinburgh?
on the grass in the Meadows (if no rain), in any completely silent public place (if rain)
Free verse poet from Mumbai, India
What character are you in a murder mystery?
Nancy Drew
Marketing & Events Team
Speculative Fiction writer from Fortaleza, Brazil
Name a character from literature that you would bring to life.
Hercule Poirot from Agatha Christie’s books.
Free verse poet from Mansfield, CT, USA
Name a character who deserves jail time, but you still defend.
Marianne and Connell from Normal People...both of you need to sit in time out until you can figure out how to communicate. I still love you, though.
Literary fiction writer from Indianapolis, IN, USA
What character are you in a murder mystery?
Turtle Wexler from The Westing Game
Experimental poet from East London, UK
What celebrity would you ghost write for?
Miriam Margolyes or David Attenborough AKA gems to the nation.
Melbourne, Florida, USA
What celebrity would you ghost write for?
TOO MANY; David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Matt Smith; throughout history, though, I’d certainly write for Mary Shelley.
Literary Fiction writer from Johannesburg, South Africa
What book would you bring to a deserted island?
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Literary Fiction writer from Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Which author would you invite to dinner?
Fredrik Backman
