Val McDermid

Val McDermid

female, 54 years old
novelist, The Mermaids Singing, Junior Common Room, Wire in the Blood, GoldDagger, Crime Writers' Association
Val McDermid (born June 4,1955) is a Scottish crime writer

Robert Wilson

male, 52 years old
Oxford University, The Silent and the Damned, The Blind Man of Seville, A Small Death In Lisbon, The Vanished Hands, crime novelist…GoldDagger, gold coast
Robert Wilson (born 1957) is a British crime-writer currently resident in Portugal. He is the son of an RAF fighter pilot, and has a degree in...
Fred Vargas

Fred Vargas

female, 52 years old
twin, Crime fiction writer, novelist, GoldDagger, years of lead, Seeking Whom He May Devour
Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of French historian, archaeologist and writer Frédérique Audouin-Rouzeau, born in 1957 in Paris.
Mo Hayder

Mo Hayder

female
ritual, disturbing, Somerset, England, Academic of Bath Spa University, paedophilia, Alumni of Bath Spa University…GoldDagger
Mo Hayder is a British crime novelist, author of the novels "Birdman", "The Treatment" and "Tokyo" (known in some countries as The Devil of...
Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum

female, 55 years old
norwegian, Riverton Prize, Calling Out For You, Tarjei Vesaas' Debutant Prize, Glass Key Award, GoldDagger
Karin Fossum (born November 6, 1954, Sandefjord) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often known there as the "Norwegian queen of crime". She...

Laura Wilson

female
cwa, Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, GoldDagger, Crime Writers' Association, Somerville College, The Lover
Laura Wilson is an English crime-writer based in London, where she was born and raised. She has degrees in English Literature form Somerville...

Peter Dickinson

male
The Devil's Child, GoldDagger, Crime Writers' Association, Heartsease, Peter (Malcolm de Brissac) Dickinson, 1979 Whitbread Awards…Golden Dagger
Peter (Malcolm de Brissac) Dickinson (born December 16, 1927) is an English author who has written a wide variety of books over a long and...

Arnaldur Indriðason

male, 48 years old
GoldDagger, dutch, danish language, Icelandic writer, Icelandic literature, English
Arnaldur Indriðason is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction. He has repeatedly proved to be the most popular writer in Iceland in recent years - t...
Simon Beckett

Simon Beckett

male
journalist, Written in Bone, The Chemistry of Death, crime novel, The Independent on Sunday, GoldDagger
Simon Beckett (born in Sheffield) is a British journalist and author. After earning a Master of Arts degree in English, Beckett taught in Spain and...
Carlo Lucarelli

Carlo Lucarelli

male
writer, Italian, parma, Almost Blue, GoldDagger, novelist
Carlo Lucarelli (Parma, October 26, 1960-) is an Italian crime-writer, TV presenter, and magazine editor. He was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger in...