Wayne Price was born in South Wales but has lived and worked in Scotland since 1987. He has won, and been shortlisted for, a number of national and international awards in both poetry and fiction. A collection of short stories, Furnace was published by Freight Books in 2012 and his novel Mercy Seat appeared in 2015. Fossil Record (Smith|Doorstop, 2015) was selected by Carol Ann Duffy as one of four ‘Laureate’s Choice’ poetry collections. He teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Aberdeen.