Richard Scott was born in London in 1981.His poems have appeared widely in magazines and anthologies including Poetry Review, Poetry London, PN Review, Swimmers, The Poetry of Sex (Penguin), and Butt Magazine. His pamphlet Wound (Rialto) won the Michael Marks Poetry Award 2016, and his poem ‘Crocodile’ won the 2017 Poetry London Competition. Faber & Faber published his first book, Soho, last year. He teaches poetry at the Faber Academy.