Margaret McDonald

Margaret McDonald is a Scottish author who lives in Glasgow. In 2025, at the age of 27, Margaret became the youngest ever recipient of the Carnegie Medal for Writing for her debut novel ‘Glasgow Boys’. Glasgow Boys also won the 2025 UKLA Award and the UKLA Shadower’s Choice Award, as well as the Branford Boase Award 2025. In addition, Glasgow Boys was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and the Waterstones Children’s Prize 2025. Margaret writes about the working-class experience, the student experience and the Scottish healthcare system as a former NHS employee and disabled author.

Her debut novel, GLASGOW BOYS, was published by Faber in May 2024.