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Val McDermid

Born

in Fife, Scotland

June 04, 1955

Website

http://www.valmcdermid.com/

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Genre

Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Influences

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, Reginald Hill, William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin, R ...more

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Val McDermid is a No. 1 bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and have sold over eleven million copies.

She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009 and was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for 2010. In 2011 she received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award.

She writes full time and divides her time between Cheshire and Edinburgh.

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Val McDermid's Blog

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Judging the Man Booker Prize

Val McDermid on What It’s Like Judging the Man Booker Prize – Q & A

LONDON — On the morning of Oct. 16, five judges will meet in a secret location here to decide the winner of the Man Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards.

They will have about eight hours to pick a winner from the six-strong shortlist, which includes Rachel Kushner’s “The Mars Room” and Esi Edugyan’s

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Val McDermid’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 203,721 ratings · 17,597 reviews · 185 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 20,951 ratings — published 1995 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Wire in the Blood (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 15,527 ratings — published 1997 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	A Place of Execution 4.15 avg rating — 12,386 ratings — published 1999 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 11,547 ratings — published 2003 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Fever of the Bone (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 7,605 ratings — published 2009 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 7,497 ratings — published 2004 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Last Temptation (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,291 ratings — published 2002 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Beneath the Bleeding (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 6,973 ratings — published 2007 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Retribution (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #7) 4.04 avg rating — 7,149 ratings — published 2011 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	A Darker Domain (Inspector Karen Pirie, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 8,226 ratings — published 2008 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Quotes by Val McDermid

“A society gets the criminals it deserves.”
― Val MacDermid, Killing the Shadows

tags: crime

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“Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God’s.”
― Val McDermid

tags: humor, sarcasm

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“He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.”
― Val McDermid, Kick Back

tags: humor

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Voting for January 2018 Group Read

I'll Keep You Safe by Peter May

8 votes, 26.7%

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

5 votes, 16.7%

The Distant Echo by Val McDermid

4 votes, 13.3%

Sacrifice by Sharon J. Bolton

3 votes, 10.0%

Where the Bodies Are Buried by Christopher Brookmyre

3 votes, 10.0%

One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre

2 votes, 6.7%

Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride

2 votes, 6.7%

A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride

1 vote, 3.3%

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

1 vote, 3.3%

Coffin Road by Peter May

1 vote, 3.3%

Heart Swarm by Allan Watson

0 votes, 0.0%

30 total votes

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181 postsVal McDermid's Blog

Judging the Man Booker Prize

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Series by Val McDermid

Upcoming Events

Quotes by Val McDermid

Polls

Topics Mentioning This Author

181 posts
Val McDermid's Blog

Combine Editions
Val McDermid’s books