MJ Burns is a queer writer and artist from Scotland. They studied English Literature at the University of St Andrews, and have Masters degrees in Creative Writing and Comics & Graphic Novels at the Universities of Aberdeen and Dundee.
They have been published in a number of literary magazines including Gutter, little living room, Shoreline of Infinity, Loft, and Tangled Web. They were shortlisted for the Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction in 2024, and in 2023 they were longlisted for the Emerging Writer Award with Moniack Mhor, shortlisted for the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival's writing competition, and in 2018 their article series in Shoreline of Infinity about early Scottish science-fiction was longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award for Non-Fiction. In May 2023 they were awarded a Residency at Hospitalfield to work on A Justified Sinner.
They are undertaking the work of adapting, writing, and drawing for the graphic novel alongside their full-time 9-5pm job. They are in constant pursuit of funding to get time to work on this project as they are passionate about getting A Justified Sinner out there in the world.