Mailboats - Shetland

Mark Ryan Smith - Poet

Mark Ryan Smith is 31 years old and is from Shetland, where he lives with his wife and one year old daughter. He is a graduate of Glasgow University and currently works in the Shetland Archives. His poetry and prose have been published in various anthologies and magazines, both in Shetland and on the mainland, and his first poetry collection, Midnight and Tarantella, will be out later in the year. At the moment he is working on a novel set in his native islands and a PhD on Shetland's literature.