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Val McDermid
Nominated Title: The Torment Of Others
Publisher: Harper Collins
'The Torment
Of Others' - review
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Val McDermid is one the nation’s foremost, respected
and most popular authors, with a proud back catalogue of best selling
novels that outweighs just about everybody else in her field.
Report
For Murder was published in 1987 and Val has never looked back. With
many of her novels being adapted for TV - the most notable of which, Wire
In The Blood, stars Robson Green and Hermione Norris as psychologist
Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan – she now has 22 novels to her name,
reports regularly for national newspapers and is a frequent contributor
to BBC Radio 4 programs.
Val
is also a keen enthusiast of the short story and became Editor of the
Save Our Short Story Campaign which aimed to give the short story a higher
prestige and profile. So popular was the campaign, that the anthology
attracted contributions from authors of the standing of Stella Duffy and
Finn Clark.
Val
also recently contributed the storyline for BBC Radio 3’s Lost
In Liverpool project, which saw six new playwrights to radio get
their work produced on nationally.
Acting as Chair for the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival for its two previous
years, Val McDermid stepped down last year but still remains actively
involved in its overall organisation
She
has a son and divides her time between Manchester and Northumberland.
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| Martin Edwards: twice nominated for CWA
Daggers, his nomination for the Theakston's Old Peculier Harrogate
Crime Writing Festival is for his Lake District Mystery, The
Coffin Trail published by Allison & Busby. . Short biography by Chris High Review of 'The Coffin Trail' by Chris High |
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| Susan Hill: award-winning author was first
published in 1961 and is nominated for her book The Various Haunts
of Men published by Long Barn Books. Short biography by Chris High Review of 'The Various Haunts Of Men' by Chris High |
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| Lindsay Ashford: since becoming published
in 2003 her career has marched on from strength to strength and is
nominated for only her second novel, Strange Blood. Short biography by Chris High Review of 'Strange Blood' by Chris High |
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| Stephen Booth: journalist for over twenty-five
years wrote his first novel at the age of 12. He is nominated for
his book One Last Breath published by Harper Collins. Short biography by Chris High Review of 'One Last Breath' by Chris High |
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| Ian Rankin: best known for his Inspector
Rebus novels, which are mainly set in Edinburgh is nominated for his
book Fleshmarket Close published by Orion. Short biography by Chris High Review of 'Fleshmarket Close' by Chris High |
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Chris
High has been writing for some 25 years and has built up quite
a collection of work. Why not check out some of his - ONLINE SHORT STORIES
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break the rules as I see fit.” - Chris High 2003.