Brian McCabe (author)

Brian McCabe (born 1951) is a Scottish writer, tutor and editor, best known for his short stories and poetry.

McCabe grew up in Bonnyrigg, a mining community near Edinburgh. He studied literature and philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, where he met other young writers such as Ron Butlin and Andrew Greig.^[1] He was also influenced by older Edinburgh poets like Norman MacCaig and Robert Garioch. Alongside Greig, Butlin and Liz Lochhead, McCabe was part of "The Lost Poets," a loose collective that organised readings and events in central Scotland during the early 1970s.

Since 1980, McCabe has written full-time and has held fellowships in Scotland and abroad, including a residency at the University of Edinburgh. He has published three collections of short stories, a novel, The Other McCoy (1991), and five volumes of poetry. His anthology Selected Stories was released in 2003. McCabe has also written radio drama.^[2]

In 2004, McCabe became editor for the Edinburgh Review.^[1] He has been a creative writing tutor at several institutions, including the universities of Lancaster, St. Andrews, and Edinburgh, as well as participating in community projects.^[3]