Heather Palmer is a Scottish writer with a passion for exploring nature and the stories of the long-dead or undying. She loves writing queer characters, unpicking the status quo and making people laugh.

In 2019 she won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers’ Award – the first writer ever to win with a comics script. Her first foray into prose won a place on the Selkie Magazine’s mentorship programme and in 2021, the opening chapters of her novel The Nightmarket were shortlisted for The Book Edit’s Writer’s Award. In 2020, she successfully funded a Kickstarter for a self-published graphic novel, SMITHERS&WING, in collaboration with artist Kirsty Hunter.

Awarded:

Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award (2019)

Selkie Magazine Short Story Mentorship (2019)

Shortlisted:

The Book Edit Writers Award (2021)
SICBA Best Writer, Best Single Issue (2017,2018)

Previous Work:

Anstruther Fisheries Museum

Asa Wheatley

BHP Comics

Cabal Comics

Cymera Festival

Libraries and Archives Paper Co.

Literature Alliance Scotland

StAnza Festival

The Saltire Society

Credit: The Brand Photographer

Heather Palmer is represented by Robbie Guillory at Underline Literary Agency