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Stuart MacBride

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Stuart MacBride
Born (1969-02-27) 27 Februar 1969 (age 55)
Dumbairton, Scotland
ThriftNovelist
NaitionalityScots
GenreCrime / Sci-fi
Notable warksLogan McRae series
SpooseFiona MacBride
Wabsteid
www.stuartmacbride.com

Stuart MacBride is a Scots writer, maist weel-kent fur his crime thrillers set in the "Granite Ceety" o Aiberdeen an featurin Detective Sergeant Logan McRae. He bides in northeast Scotland wi his wife Fiona an thair cat Grendal.[1]

Biographie

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Stuart MacBride wis born 27 Februar 1969 in Dumbairton, Scotland and upbrocht in Aiberdeen. He had mony careers, includin cleanin cludgies ooterly, graphic an wab design, an computer programmin.[2] He studied airchitectur at Heriot-Watt Varsity.[3]

MacBride siccart a furthsettin deal wi his novelle Halfhead; housomeiver, the publishers teuk an interest in Cold Granite, concernin DS Logan McRae. He wis subscrieved fur a threy-beuk deal, that wis stentit tae sax beuks. In 2009, he wis subscrieved fur twa mair MacRae novelles as weel as twa standalane beuks.[3] In a speir frae the Alibi telly channel, MacBride leetit R. D. Wingfield as a "literary inspiration".[4] MacBride's novelles, in parteecular his MacRae beuks, hae been descrievit as tairtan noir.[5]

MacBride wis ane o ten fowk furst addit tae the Aiberdeen Haw o Heroes[6] and wis crount Warld Stovies Champion in 2014. He wan Celebrity Mastermind in 2017 wi a speicialist subject on the life an wirks o A. A. Milne.[7]

Bibiliographie

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Logan McRae novelles

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  • 2005 - Cold Granite
  • 2006 - Dying Light
  • 2007 - Broken Skin (publisht in Americae as Bloodshot)
  • 2008 - Flesh House
  • 2009 - Blind Eye
  • 2010 - Dark Blood
  • 2011 - Shatter the Bones
  • 2012 - Partners in Crime (Twa Logan an Steel short stories: Bad Heir Day an Stramash)
  • 2013 - Close to the Bone
  • 2014 - The 45% Hangover (A Logan an Steel novella)
  • 2015 - 22 Dead Little Bodies (A Logan an Steel short novelle)
  • 2015 - The Missing and the Dead
  • 2016 - In the Cold Dark Ground
  • 2017 - Now We Are Dead
  • 2018 - The Blood Road
  • 2019 - All That's Dead

Oldcastle novelles

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  • 2012 - Birthdays for the Dead
  • 2014 - A Song for the Dying
  • 2017 - A Dark so Deadly

Other works

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  • 2008 - Sawbones
  • 2009 - Halfhead
  • 2011 - Twelve Days of Winter (e-beuk; released in print in 2012)

Awairds

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Wan

  • Barry Award fur Best First Novel, fur Cold Granite in 2006.[8]
  • CWA Dagger in the Library Awaird, 2007.[9]
  • ITV3 Crime Thriller Award fur Breakthrough Author of the Year, fur Broken Skin in 2008.[10]

Nominate

  • International Thriller Writers Awards, Best Debut Novel, fur Cold Granite in 2006.[11]
  • Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, fur Cold Granite in 2006.[12]
  • Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, fur Dying Light in 2007.[13]
  • Barry Award fur Best British Crime Novel, fur Dying Light in 1007.[8]
  • Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, fur Broken Skin in 2009.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "Stuart MacBride". Love Reading. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
  2. ↑ Sova, Cathy. "New Faces 42 - Stuart MacBride". The Mystery Reader. Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
  3. ↑ a b Wanner, Len (2013). The Crime Interviews: Volume One: Bestselling Authors Talk About Writing Crime Fiction. Blasted Heath. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-908688-20-0.
  4. ↑ "Stuart MacBride interview". Alibi. Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2016. Retrieved 9 Julie 2016.
  5. ↑ Forshaw, Barry (29 December 2015). "In the Cold Dark Ground, by Stuart MacBride - book review". The Independent. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Names chosen for city Hall of Heroes". BBC News. 27 Februar 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Stephenson, Hannah (22 Apryle 2017). "The dark and light world of Stuart MacBride | Press and Journal". Press and Journal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  8. ↑ a b "Barry Awards". Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine. Archived frae the original on 23 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2012.
  9. ↑ Hendry, Steve (9 Mey 2010). "Best-selling crime author Stuart MacBride on secrets of new novel". Sunday Mail. The Daily Record. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2012.
  10. ↑ Allen, Katie (6 October 2008). "Rankin and P D James pick up ITV3 awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2012.
  11. ↑ "Thriller Awards - ThrillerFest". International Thriller Writers. Archived frae the original on 21 Februar 2012. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2012. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 21 Februar 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  12. ↑ Richardson, Anna (19 Juin 2007). "Brookmyre and MacBride on crime shortlist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2012.
  13. ↑ "North-east crime writer on shortlist for major award". Press and Journal. 26 Juin 2008. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2012.
  14. ↑ Flood, Alison (1 Juin 2009). "Theakstons rounds up 14 suspects on crime novel award shortlist | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2012.
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