WRITER

Val McDermid

1955 - Today

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Valarie McDermid (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and his collaborators in the police department. Her work is considered to be part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir. This series was adapted for television, running from 2002 to 2008, and known as Wire in the Blood. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Val McDermid is the 5,528th most popular writer (down from 4,745th in 2024), the 4,446th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,434th in 2019) and the 483rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Val McDermid ranks 5,528 out of 7,302. Before her are Betje Wolff, David Weber, Aya Kitō, Zofka Kveder, William Tenn, and Millosh Gjergj Nikolla. After her are Lydia Maria Child, Xaviera Hollander, Shankha Ghosh, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Leonard Howell, and Evgeny Sveshnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Val McDermid ranks 384. Before her are Muriel Robin, Bruno Barreto, Aires Ali, Laura Fygi, Cassandra Wilson, and Julie Hagerty. After her are Ian Botham, Bill Nye, Glenne Headly, Christian Estrosi, Gilles Kepel, and Franco Tancredi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Val McDermid ranks 4,447 out of 8,785. Before her are John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), Charlie Cox (1982), Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), John Blackley (1948), William Tenn (1920), and Hector Boece (1465). After her are William Dalrymple (1965), Gemma Arterton (1986), Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), Thomas Fuller (1608), John Ogdon (1937), and Anna Massey (1937).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Val McDermid ranks 483. Before her are Jonathan Stroud (1970), Daniel Tammet (1979), Abraham Cowley (1618), James Bowen (1979), Joanne Harris (1964), and William Tenn (1920). After her are Steven Moffat (1961), George Chapman (1559), Clara Reeve (1729), George Lillo (1691), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), and Robert Herrick (1591).

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