Edwin Morgan was born in Glasgow and lived there almost all his life. He completed a Master's degree at Glasgow University before teaching there, becoming Professor of English in 1975. He was the leading translator of Europoean poetry into English and Scots. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1980. James McGonigal was Professor of Education at Glasgow University. Beyond the Last Dragon, his biography of Edwin Morgan, was published in 2012. John Coyle is Senior Lecturer in English at Glasgow University and a leading critic of modernism.