Louise Welsh

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The United Kingdom

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female

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http://www.louisewelsh.com/index.html

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Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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After studying history at Glasgow University, Louise Welsh established a second-hand bookshop, where she worked for many years. Her first novel, The Cutting Room, won several awards, including the 2002 Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey Memorial Dagger, and was jointly awarded the 2002 Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award. Louise was granted a Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Award in 2003, a Scotland on Sunday/Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award in 2004, and a Hawthornden Fellowship in 2005.

She is a regular radio broadcaster, has published many short stories, and has contributed articles and reviews to most of the British broadsheets. She has also written for the stage. The Guardian chose her as a 'woman to watch' in...more

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Dublin Writers Festival – The Jekyll and Hyde Inheritance

I'll be in distinguished company at at The Dublin Writers' Festivalthis Monday where I'll be joining John Burnside, Donnie O'Rourke, Richard Holloway and Kevin MacNeil. We've all been invited to respond to Robert Louis Stevenson's concept of 'dual nature' which he explored so brilliantly in The Strange case of Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde. Join us, if you can, at 7.30pm on the 23rd at the Samuel Beck...

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Louise Welsh's Books

Average rating: 3.50 · 2,177 ratings · 270 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Cutting Room 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 1,051 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bullet Trick 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tamburlaine Must Die 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl on the Stairs 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naming The Bones 3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tip Tap Flat: A view of Glasgow 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ossa 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El truco de la bala 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Kugeltrick 1.0 of 5 stars 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2) by Ian Fleming, Louise Welsh (Introduction) 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 7,304 ratings — published 1954 — 76 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“How long would it be before the elements toppled these small structures as they had already toppled the broch and the castle? Would future archaeologists dig here, or had records grown so precise every aspect of the recent past would be charted and ready for those who wanted to know? Maybe, soon enough, there would be no one left, no world to chronicle and argue over. All things must end, why not this too? The thought almost had the power to cheer him.”
― Louise Welsh, Naming The Bones

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