Val McDermid
Autor de The Mermaids Singing
Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Mimsy Moller / literature.britishcouncil.org
Series
Obras de Val McDermid
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime (2014) 922 copias, 34 reseñas
The Mermaids Singing | The Wire in the Blood | The Last Temptation | The Torment of Others (2016) 4 copias
The Ministry of Whisky [short story] 2 copias
Een duister domein / druk 1 2 copias
Deadheading 2 copias
Dangerous Visions: The Kraken Wakes 2 copias
The Long Black Veil 2 copias
Stil Leven 1 copia
El cuerpo tatuado 1 copia
Ombres et lumière 1 copia
Silent Bones: The brand-new, iconic Karen Pirie thriller from the no.1 bestselling author (2024) 1 copia
Val McDermid Collection: The Mermaids Singing, the Torment of Others, Beneath the Bleeding, the Grave Tattoo, Killing… (2011) 1 copia
The Road and the Miles to Dundee 1 copia
number and titles unknown 1 copia
La route du sud 1 copia
Cuentos inéditos — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Four Calling Birds [short story] 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
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Al Servicio Secreto de su Majestad (1963) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 2,919 copias, 51 reseñas
The Dark End of the Street: New Stories of Sex and Crime by Today's Top Authors (2010) — Contribuidor — 94 copias, 22 reseñas
A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir (2007) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones — 80 copias, 4 reseñas
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Third Annual Collection (2002) — Contribuidor — 43 copias
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Distant Echo | Trojan Odyssey | The Lady and the Unicorn | Blood Is the Sky (2004) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Livros Condensados: Por Um Triz | Baía de Chesapeake | Setença de Morte | Impasse (2003) 4 copias, 1 reseña
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 238 : Ein Ort für die Ewigkeit. Julie und Romeo. Feindliche Übernahme. Wiedersehn in… (2001) 4 copias
Reader's Digest Select Editions 1999: The White House Connection • A Walk to Remember • Ice Reich • A Place of… (1999) 3 copias
Kirjavaliot - Menneisyyden kaiku, Takaisin huipulle, Täydessä ymmärryksessä, Nyt ja ikuisesti (2005) 1 copia
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Distant Echo | Trojan Odyssey | Leaving Eden | Blood Is the Sky (2004) 1 copia
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 2002/01 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- McDermid, Valarie
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1955-06-04
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- Scotland, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
South Manchester, England, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Oxford, England, UK - Educación
- Oxford University (St. Hilda's ∙ English)
- Ocupaciones
- journalist
novelist
children's book author - Relaciones
- Sharp, Joanne P. (spouse)
- Organizaciones
- Crime Writers' Association
- Premios y honores
- Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Cartier Diamond Dagger (2010)
Stonewall Writer of the Year (2007)
Miembros
Debates
Chat en Book Discussion : The Distant Echo by Val McDermid (marzo 2017)
Reseñas
Listas
Secrets Books (1)
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 105
- También por
- 52
- Miembros
- 26,233
- Popularidad
- #799
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 971
- ISBNs
- 1,626
- Idiomas
- 24
- Favorito
- 71