MJ Burns is a writer and artist from Scotland. They studied Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, and Comics & Graphic Novels at the University of Dundee. They have short stories published in a number of literary magazines such as Gutter, Loft, little living room, Shoreline of Infinity, Tangled Web, Exposed Bone and the Page Gallery Journal. They were shortlisted for the 2023 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Writing Award, and the 2024 Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction and New2theScene's 2025 Winter Short Story Competition and they have been longlisted twice for the Emerging Writer Award. Their ongoing project is their graphic novel adaptation of the Scottish classic, 'The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner'. You can find them on social media at @mjburns_art