Bridget Khursheed is based in the Scottish Borders and is a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award winner for poetry. Her work is featured in publications including The Eildon Tree, Stravaig, Poetry Scotland, The Rialto, Ambit, Northwords Now, New Writing Scotland, and Gutter. She has two collections: Roads to Yair (Twinlaw, 2015) and The Last Days of Petrol (Shearsman, 2022).