Dubbed the Queen of Crime, Val McDermid has sold over 19 million books to date across the globe and is translated into more than 40 languages. She is perhaps best-known for her Wire in the Blood series, featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, which was adapted for television starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris. She has written four other series: journalist Lindsay Gordon, private detective Kate Brannigan, cold case cop Karen Pirie now featuring in an eponymous TV series, and journalist Allie Burns in 1979 and 1989. Val’s most recent books are Past Lying, a Pirie novel, and Queen Macbeth, a reimagining of Shakespeare through the lens of history. She has also published in several award-winning standalone novels, books of non-fiction, short story collections and a children’s picture book, My Granny is a Pirate. 

McDermid continues to be a remarkably versatile writer for stage, microphone and screen as well as books. In early 2017 Val’s latest BBC Radio 4 drama series, Resistance, aired to great acclaim. Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental stories scheme, this thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working. A graphic novelisation of Resistance, illustrated by Kathryn Briggs, was published by the Wellcome Collection in 2021.

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