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VAL MCDERMID
(1955 - )Nationality: Scottish
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Born on 4th June 1955, she grew up as an only child in Kirkcaldy, Fife, was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and knew from an early age she wanted to be a writer. She read English at St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she was the first student from a state school in Scotland. After graduation she went into journalism, training for two years in Devon, winning a clutch of awards, including Trainee Journalist of the Year. Afterwards she worked for fourteen years at national newspapers in Glasgow and Manchester, ending up as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Her first novel Report for Murder was published by The Women's Press in 1987. Since then she has become one of the country's most prolific authors, producing three series of detective novels, a children's book and unusually, she is both a commercial and a critical success with 27 bestsellers, one BBC television series, Wire in the Blood, and a Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year. She supports Raith Rovers, sponsors a stand at their Starks Park ground and has recently become a member of the board.
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Like A Happy Ending StrandedLike A Happy Ending
Synopsis:
set mainly in Oxford about the growth, development and traumatic end of a lesbian relationship
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adapted for Radio Scotland, broadcast 1981
1st Produced:
Plymouth Theatre Company 1978
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Inspired by the short stories of Val McDermid (Wire in the Blood). 'Grit, sex, glamour, intrigue and unexpected turns. 'stranded' will make you shudder and linger long in the mind.'
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part of 4 Words: Love, Life, Longing And Laughter. 4 short new plays by Northern writers.
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Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick 01 Mar 2012
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