Margaux Vialleron

Margaux Vialleron is a French-born, Glasgow-based interdisciplinary writer.
She is the author of the novels Breaststrokes (2024) and The Yellow Kitchen (2022). Her short stories and essays have appeared in publications including Ache Magazine, Compound Butter, Harper’s Bazaar, Mslexia, Potluck and Wrong Directions among others. Margaux also writes The Onions Papers: storytelling in the kitchen, a newsletter that explores overlooked connections between the various aspects of life, from literature to cooking, philosophy and seasonal patterns.
Jessie Kesson Fellow 2026 Shortlist
Our shortlisted writers are Krystelle Bamford, Mandy Haggith, Vanessa Kisuule, Nell Osborne and Naomi Westerman.




