Mar­jorie Lot­fi is an Iran­ian-Amer­i­can who has lived in the UK for over 20 years. Her first col­lec­tion of poet­ry, The Wrong Per­son to Ask, was pub­lished in 2023. Mar­jorie is a Founder and Direc­tor of Open Book, a char­i­ty that sup­ports over 1200 read­ing and cre­ative writ­ing ses­sions each year across Scot­land, includ­ing in pris­ons, shel­ters, and with refugee and migrant groups. In her spare time, Mar­jorie is the Chair of the Board of Trustees for StAn­za, Scot­land’s Inter­na­tion­al Poet­ry Fes­ti­val, and an edi­tor of New Writ­ing Scotland.