Maria Ferguson

Maria Ferguson is a writer and performer. Her poetry has been widely anthologised and published in literary magazines such as Magma, The Rialto, The North and The Poetry Review. She was a finalist of the Montreal International Poetry Prize and her debut collection, Alright, Girl? (Burning Eye, 2020), was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes. On the stage, Fat Girls Don’t Dance won a Saboteur Award; Essex Girl was shortlisted for the Tony Craze Award and won Show of the Week at VAULT Festival. Her second poetry collection, Swell is published by Penguin Random House.