Born in the northwest of England, S. C. Gordon is a Liverpool-based author, poet, and journalist. Her poetry, fiction, and non-fiction have appeared in anthologies such as Eunoia Review, Junoesq, Unshod Quills, and the May Anthologies 10th Anniversary edition. Her first poetry collection, Peckham Blue, was published in London by Penned in the Margins in 2006, and her second collection, Harbouring, came out in November 2015 through Math Paper Press in Singapore.In the decade she spent living and working in Shanghai, she wrote and edited for English-language magazines such as Shanghai Business Review, China Economic Review, City Weekend and SH Magazine, covering business, lifestyle, travel, and culture, and entertainment. She has also written for Virgin Media, Condé Nast, Executive Travel and the BBC. She was part of the Royal Court Theatre's new writers' programme from 2007 until 2008, and was a finalist and runner-up in British Vogue's young writers' competition in 2004 and 2005. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature.