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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

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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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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: 3.96 · 372,349 ratings · 31,133 reviews · 314 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 26,571 ratings — published 1995 — 124 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 (Karen Pirie, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 21,369 ratings — published 2003 — 96 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) 4.17 avg rating — 19,682 ratings — published 1997 — 17 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 4.14 avg rating — 18,232 ratings — published 1998 — 12 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
	Still Life (Inspector Karen Pirie, #6) 4.22 avg rating — 14,144 ratings — published 2020 — 6 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) 4.01 avg rating — 14,368 ratings — published 2008 — 13 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
	Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 12,047 ratings — published 2016 — 8 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
	Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime 4.09 avg rating — 11,821 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	1979 3.78 avg rating — 12,116 ratings — published 2021 — 39 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 Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 10,862 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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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Voting for January 2018 Group Read

I'll Keep You Safe by Peter May

8 votes, 27.6%

The Distant Echo by Val McDermid

4 votes, 13.8%

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

4 votes, 13.8%

Where the Bodies Are Buried by Christopher Brookmyre

3 votes, 10.3%

Sacrifice by Sharon J. Bolton

3 votes, 10.3%

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

2 votes, 6.9%

Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride

2 votes, 6.9%

Coffin Road by Peter May

1 vote, 3.4%

A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride

1 vote, 3.4%

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

1 vote, 3.4%

Heart Swarm by Allan Watson

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Mystery/Thriller ...: TOP/BOTTOM M/T 2009	29	106	Jan 10, 2010 02:38PM
Pick-a-Shelf: A Mini Game to shave off the ever growing TBR - ended Mar. 10, 2010	146	441	Apr 08, 2010 10:31PM
The Mystery, Crim...: Recent Acquisitions...Splurges...Buying Sprees!	23	104	Jun 19, 2010 07:27AM
Between the Lines: Crime Fiction	12	98	Aug 22, 2010 10:42AM
Readers and Reading: August 2010 reads	25	87	Sep 19, 2010 09:12AM
Mystery/Thriller ...: Bouchercon in retrospect	39	136	Nov 05, 2010 01:53PM
The Mystery, Crim...: Winner Chosen: Dec 2010-Jan 2011 Group Read	45	322	Dec 02, 2010 07:40PM

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