Iona Lee is a poet, artist, music-maker, storyteller and spoken-word performer from Edinburgh. A leading light of Scotland’s live poetry scene for the past ten years, appearing on radio and television and reading her work in venues and on festival stages all over the UK and Europe, including Glastonbury, the world slam championships in Paris, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

She is the front woman of the poetry-psyche ensemble, Acolyte, whose debut single, the Black Cat, was BBC Radio Scotland’s single of the week. In 2022, Iona won the John Byrne award for her poetry film, Away with the Fairies – a retelling of the Tam Lin ballad – and she appeared on Young Woman Scotland’s 30 Under 30 list. Her debut poetry collection, Anamnesis, was shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award.