Dagger in the Library
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1992) Winner
Catherine Aird
キャサリン・エアード
Kyasarin Eādo
Aliases:
Kinn Hamilton McIntosh
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1930-06-20 （Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England）
- Died
- 2024-12-21 （Sturry, Kent, England） age 94
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Huddersfield, Yorkshire → Sturry, Kent
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer
- Active Years
- 1966-2023
- Affiliations
- Crime Writers' Association, Detection Club
- Memberships
- Detection Club (inducted 1981), Crime Writers' Association (chair 1990-1991)
- Influenced By
- Martha Grimes, Caroline Graham, M. C. Beaton, Margaret Yorke
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverley School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Greenhead High School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Waverley School
Country:
United Kingdom
Greenhead High School
Country:
United Kingdom
Huddersfieldの学校
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cartier Diamond Dagger | — | — | Crime Writers' Association | 受賞 |
| — | CWA Golden Handcuffs | — | — | Crime Writers' Association | 生涯功労賞 |
| 1988 | Member of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British Government | Girl Guides Associationへの貢献 |
Cartier Diamond Dagger
2015
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
受賞
CWA Golden Handcuffs
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
生涯功労賞
Member of the Order of the British Empire
1988
Organization:
British Government
Result:
Girl Guides Associationへの貢献
Awards & Nominations
Cartier Diamond Dagger
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Religious Body
1966 Crime fictionHer first novel.
MurderInvestigation
Henrietta Who
1968 Crime fictionPart of the Calleshire Chronicles.
Family secretsMurder
The Complete Steel
1969 Crime fictionA Late Phoenix
1970 Crime fictionInheritance Tracks
2019 Crime fictionBibliography
- The Religious Body (1966)
- A Most Contagious Game (1967)
- Henrietta Who (1968)
- The Complete Steel (1969)
- A Late Phoenix (1970)
- His Burial Too (1973)
- Slight Mourning (1975)
- Parting Breath (1977)
- Some Die Eloquent (1979)
- Passing Strange (1980)
- Last Respects (1982)
- Harm's Way (1984)
- A Dead Liberty (1986)
- The Body Politic (1990)
- A Going Concern (1993)
- After Effects (1996)
- Stiff News (1998)
- Little Knell (2001)
- Amendment of Life (2002)
- A Hole in One (2005)
- Losing Ground (2007)
- Past Tense (2010)
- Dead Heading (2014)
- Learning Curve (2016)
- Inheritance Tracks (2019)
- Constable Country (2023)
Translations by Author
- The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing (1999, co-editor)
- Mystery Voices: Interviews with British Crime Writers (1991)
- Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- wittyliteratedeftly plottedcozy mysterytraditionalpolice procedural
- Recurring Motifs
- CalleshireDetective Inspector C.D. Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby
Health
-
serious illness若年成人期bedridden for a long time, gave up plans to study medicine at Edinburgh University
Legacy
English novelist known for over twenty crime novels and short story collections in the Calleshire Chronicles series featuring DI C.D. Sloan. Inducted into Detection Club in 1981 and recipient of 2015 Cartier Diamond Dagger.