Val McDermid

Val McDermid is an internationally bestselling and award-winning writer of crime fiction. She has written four crime series, the best-known being Wire in the Blood, featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill, which was adapted for television. She has published several award-winning standalone novels, works of non-fiction, short story collections and a children’s picture book, as well as radio dramas and works for the theatre. ITV have recently announced the commissioning of a new drama, Karen Pirie, based on her novel The Distant Echo. Her most recent novel, Still Life, was published in 2020. Her awards include the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year, the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger, the Grand Prix des Romans D’Aventure, the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011, the Stonewall Writer of the Year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, is the recipient of five Honorary Doctorates and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford.