She is the third modern Makar, the Scottish poet laureate. A poet, novelist and writer of short stories, she has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. Her novel Trumpet won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She is also the author of collections of stories with Picador, Why Don’t You Stop Talking, Wish I Was Here, and Reality, Reality; poetry collections Fiere and Bantam; and a memoir, Red Dust Road. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University, and lives in Manchester, where she is currently Chancellor of the University of Salford.
A LSO BY J ACKIE K AY Poetry Fiere Darling Life Mask Off Colour Other Lovers The Adoption Papers Bantam Fiction Reality, Reality Wish I Was Here Why Don’t You Stop Talking Trumpet Non-fiction Red Dust Road First published 2008 by Bloodaxe Books Highgreen, Tarset, Northumberland First published by Picador 2020 This electronic edition published 2020 by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan The Smithson, 6 Briset Street, London EC1M 5NR Associated companies throughout the world www.panmacmillan.com ISBN 978-1-5290-3986-3 Copyright © Jackie Kay 2007, 2008 Introduction © Jackie Kay 2020 Audio recording copyright © BBC 2007: A BBC Radio Programme licensed by the BBC FICTION Cover Images Hayden Verry / Arcangel Images and Mansell / Getty Images A version of ‘Missing Faces’ was originally published in the Guardian on 24 March 2007. The right of Jackie Kay to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Pan Macmillan does not have any control over, or any responsibility for, any author or third-party websites referred to in or on this book. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Visit www.picador.com to read more about all our books and to buy them. You will also find features, author interviews and news of any author events, and you can sign up for e-newsletters so that you’re always first to hear about our new releases.
