About

Lucy Scott is a literary translator working from Dutch, French, and Spanish into English, with a particular focus on Caribbean literature. Her translation of Astrid Roemer’s On a Woman’s Madness (Two Lines Press, 2023) was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature and longlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. She also co-translated Roemer’s Off-White (Two Lines Press, 2024) with David McKay.

Her other book-length translations include Ludwig Volbeda’s Self Portrait (Levine Querido, 2025). Forthcoming translations include Etienne Ys’s State of Mercy (Wintertuin, 2027) and Xillan Macrooy’s debut novel Mensen als zonnen en mensen als manen (Two Lines Press, 2028).

Scott’s shorter translations have appeared in The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, Wilderness House Literary Review, and Elektrik: Caribbean Writing, published by Two Lines Press. Her work has also received recognition from the Inside Literary Prize and the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize.

A recipient of an American Literary Translators Association Emerging Translator Mentorship in 2021, Scott was awarded a 2027 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for her forthcoming translation of Xillan Macrooy’s debut novel, Mensen als zonnen en mensen als manen.