Val McDermid
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Sull'Autore
Val McDermid was born in Scotland on June 4, 1955. She was the first student from a state school in Scotland accepted to read English at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She graduated in 1975 and became a journalist. She wrote her first novel at the age of 21. It didn't get published, but she turned it mostra altro into a play entitled Like a Happy Ending. It was performed by the Plymouth Theatre Company and was later adapted for BBC radio. Her first book, Report for Murder, was published in 1987. She is the author of the Lindsay Gordon Mystery series, the Kate Brannigan Mystery series, and the Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries series as well as several stand alone books including The Distant Echo, A Darker Domain, Trick of the Dark and Out of Bounds. The Mermaids Singing won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Mimsy Moller / literature.britishcouncil.org
Serie
Opere di Val McDermid
The Mermaids Singing | The Wire in the Blood | The Last Temptation | The Torment of Others (2016) 4 copie
The Long Black Veil 2 copie
Een duister domein / druk 1 2 copie
Deadheading 2 copie
Four Calling Birds [short story] 1 copia
Selection du Livre - Quatre Garcons dans la Nuit, L'Enfant de Noe, Le Secret du Docteur Danglars, Entre Soeurs… (2005) 1 copia
El cuerpo tatuado 1 copia
The Road and the Miles to Dundee 1 copia
Val McDermid Collection: The Mermaids Singing, the Torment of Others, Beneath the Bleeding, the Grave Tattoo, Killing… (2011) 1 copia
number and titles unknown 1 copia
Cuentos inéditos — Collaboratore — 1 copia
La route du sud 1 copia
Stil Leven 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Dark End of the Street: New Stories of Sex and Crime by Today's Top Authors (2010) — Collaboratore — 94 copie
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Third Annual Collection (2002) — Collaboratore — 43 copie
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Distant Echo | Trojan Odyssey | The Lady and the Unicorn | Blood Is the Sky (2004) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 238 : Ein Ort für die Ewigkeit. Julie und Romeo. Feindliche Übernahme. Wiedersehn in… (2001) 4 copie
Reader's Digest Select Editions 1999: The White House Connection • A Walk to Remember • Ice Reich • A Place of… (1999) 3 copie
Kirjavaliot - Menneisyyden kaiku, Takaisin huipulle, Täydessä ymmärryksessä, Nyt ja ikuisesti (2005) 1 copia
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 2002/01 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- McDermid, Valarie
- Data di nascita
- 1955-06-04
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Scotland, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
South Manchester, England, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Oxford, England, UK - Istruzione
- Oxford University (St. Hilda's ∙ English)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
novelist
children's book author - Relazioni
- Sharp, Joanne P. (spouse)
- Organizzazioni
- Crime Writers' Association
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Cartier Diamond Dagger (2010)
Stonewall Writer of the Year (2007)
Utenti
Discussioni
Chat in Book Discussion : The Distant Echo by Val McDermid (Marzo 2017)
Recensioni
Liste
Secrets Books (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 101
- Opere correlate
- 51
- Utenti
- 25,675
- Popolarità
- #813
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 959
- ISBN
- 1,601
- Lingue
- 23
- Preferito da
- 71