McDermid, Val (1955–)
McDermid, Val (1955–)
Scottish playwright, journalist and mystery writer. Born Valerie Lesley Campbell McDermid, June 4, 1955, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland; read English at St Hilda's College, Oxford; children: 1 son.
Worked as journalist for such papers as South Devon Times, The Sunday Independent, and Manchester Evening News; works include Report for Murder (1987), Common Murder (1989), Final Edition (1991), Kick Back (1993), The Wire in the Blood (1997), A Place of Execution (1999), The Last Temptation (2002), Hostage to Murder (2003), and The Torment of Others (2004).
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BORN: 1890, Torquay, England
DIED: 1976, Wallingford, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Fiction, Drama
MAJOR WORKS:
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