Ryan Van Winkle is Reader in Residence at the Scottish Poetry Library. He runs a monthly "Literary Cabaret" called The Golden Hour and is an Editor at Forest Publications. He lives in Edinburgh but was born and spent most of his life in America. His work has appeared in New Writing Scotland, The American Poetry Review, AGNI and Northwords Now and The Oxford Poet series. He has won Salt's Crashaw Prize and been shortlisted for the Bridport and Ver Poetry Prizes.