Siân Mackie is a translator of Scandinavian literature into English. They were born in Scotland and have an MA in Scandinavian Studies and an MSc in Literary Translation as a Creative Practice from the Uni­versity of Edinburgh. They have translated a wide range of works, from young adult and children's literature--including Ingunn Thon's A Post­card to Ollis, which was nominated for the 2021 Carnegie Medal--to thrillers and nonfiction. They live in Southampton on the south coast of England.