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Catriona McPherson
Catriona McPherson writes a series of 1920/30s detective stories and a separate strand of contemporary psychological suspense. Her novels have won two Anthony awards, two Agathas, three Bruce Alexanders, two Macavitys, a Lefty, a Falchion, and an IndieFab Gold in the USA and been shortlisted for a CWA dagger, an MWA Edgar and three Mary Higgins Clark awards. Catriona was born in a village outside Edinburgh in 1965 and educated at Edinburgh University, leaving with a Ph.D. in Linguistics. She has been writing full-time since 2000 and, since 2010, has lived in northern California.
Books:
Dandy Gilver series
After The Armistice Ball, Constable & Robinson, 2005
The Burry Man’s Day, Constable & Robinson, 2006
Bury Her Deep, Hodder & Stoughton, 2007
The Winter Ground, Hodder & Stoughton, 2008
The Proper Treatment of Bloodstains, Hodder & Stoughton, 2009
An Unsuitable day for a Murder, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011
A Bothersome Number of Corpses, Hodder & Stoughton, 2012
A Deadly Measure of Brimstone, Hodder & Stoughton, 2013
The Reek of Red Herrings, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014
The Unpleasantness in the Ballroom, Hodder & Stoughton, 2015
A Most Misleading Habit, Hodder & Stoughton, 2016
A Spot of Toil and Trouble, Hodder & Stoughton, 2017
A Step So Grave, Hodder & Stoughton, 2018
The Turning Tide, Hodder & Stoughton, 2019
Last Ditch Series
Scot Free, Midnight Ink, 2018
Scot and Soda, Midnight Ink, 2019
Standalone crime
As She Left It, Midnight Ink, 2013
The Day She Died, Midnight Ink, 2014
Come to Harm, Midnight Ink, 2015
The Child Garden, Midnight Ink, 2015
Quiet Neighbors, Midnight Ink, 2016
House Tree Person (UK The Weight of Angels), Midnight Ink, 2017
Go To My Grave, Minotaur, 2018
Strangers At The Gate, Minotaur, 2019
Writing as Catriona McCloud
Growing Up Again, Orion, 2007
Straight Up, Orion, 2008
Short Stories
“One Scareful Owner” in Strangely Funny, Sarah E Glenn (ed) 2013
“The First Mrs Coulter” in Echoes of Sherlock Holmes, Laurie King & Les Klinger (eds) 2016
“A Butler is Born” in Murder Most Historical, Charlaine Harris & Verena Rose (eds) 2017
“Kissin’ Don’t Kill” in Killing Malmon, Dan & Kate Malmon (2017)
“Twelve, Angry” in Low Down Dirty Vote, Mysti Berry (ed) 2018
“Barnet Fair” in Trouble and Strife, Simon Wood (ed) 2019
Writing Awards
Wins
Sue Feder Memorial Macavity 2012
Agatha Award (Best historical) 2013
Lefty (Best historical) 2014
Lefty (Best historical) 2015
Anthony Award (Best paperback original) 2014
Silver Falchion (Best Literary suspense) 2015
Anthony Award (Best paperback original) 2015
Sue Feder Memorial Macavity 2015
Agatha Award (Best historical) 2017
Lefty (Best historical) 2017
Lefty (Best humorous) 2019
Shortlistings
Lefty (Best paperback original ) 2014
Sue Feder Memorial Macavity 2014
Edgar Award (Best paperback original) 2015
Macavity Award (Best novel) 2015
Agatha Award (Best novel) 2016
Macavity Award (Best novel) 2016
Anthony Award (Best novel) 2016
Mary Higgins Clark Award 2017
Agatha Award (Best novel) 2017
Silver Falchion (Readers’ Choice) 2018
Lefty (Best humorous) 2020
Mary Higgins Clark Award 2020
Honours
National President, Sisters in Crime 2014-15
Toastmaster Left Coast Crime 2016
Toastmaster Malice Domestic 30 2018
Guest of Honour California Crimewriters’ Conference 2020