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Val McDermid

Scottish crime novel writer

United Kingdom · b. 1955

Arts and letters

Born in Fife, Val McDermid, 64, published her first crime novel in 1987 and has sold more than 16m books, translated into 40 languages. The long-running ITV drama Wire In The Blood, starring Robson Green, was based on her novels about psychologist Tony Hill. She discusses the latest in the series, How The Dead Speak, at Essex book festival on 28 February. She lives with her partner in Edinburgh.

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I am happiest right now. Things are going really well – my professional life, my personal life, my family life.

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