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Val McDermid, born Valarie McDermid on 4 June 1955 in Kirkcaldy, is a British writer, novelist and journalist working in the detective novel field. She was educated at St Hilda's College, her career began in 1976, and she has worked in Edinburgh, Scotland. McDermid received the Lambda Literary Award, the Dilys Award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger and the Macavity Awards. Open Library credits her with 158 works, including Bloody Scotland and The Library Book.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 June 1955
- Works
- 158
Top works
- Inherit the dead
- Bloody Scotland
- Ink and Daggers
- The Library Book
- Give unto Others
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1955
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,497
- Total plays
- 235,484
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Val+McDermid">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package<sup>*</sup>
· 2018 · cited 7,200x
- The Astropy Project: Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*
· 2022 · cited 4,965x
- LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products
· 2019 · cited 3,504x
- Early oxidation of organic matter in pelagic sediments of the eastern equatorial Atlantic: suboxic diagenesis
· 1979 · cited 2,713x
- Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map
· 2006 · cited 2,457x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-06-04 ) 4 June 1955 (age 71) , Kirkcaldy , Fife , Scotland
- Occupation
- Writer
- Education
- St Hilda's College, Oxford
- Genre
- Crime fiction
- Spouse
- Jo Sharp (m. 2016)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kirkcaldy
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- detective novel
- Official website
- www.valmcdermid.com
- Image
- ValMcDermid.jpg
- Work location
- Scotland
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1955-06-04
- Commons category
- Val McDermid
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- social media followers
- 92222
- name in native language
- Val McDermid
- birth name
- Valarie McDermid
- P8168
- Suffield
- writing language
- English language
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Valarie McDermid (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer of over 30 novels. Her work is considered part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir, and is known for uncompromising depictions of violence. Her books have received numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award.
McDermid is best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and his collaborators in the police department. This series was adapted for television, running from 2002 to 2008, and known as Wire in the Blood. The television series Karen Pirie (2022–present), was also adapted from her books featuring the character of the same name.
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