Christopher John Reid, FRSL is a British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. In January 2010 he won the 2009 Costa Book Award for A Scattering, written as a tribute to his late wife, the actress Lucinda Gane. Besides winning the poetry category, Reid became the first poet to take the overall Costa Book of the Year since Seamus Heaney in 1999.
- Occupation
- poet, journalist, publisher, writer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- May 13, 1949