Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2017) Winner
Christopher Brookmyre
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Christopher Brookmyre
Aliases:
Chris Brookmyre
Pen Names:
Ambrose Parry（Joint pen name with wife Marisa Haetzman for historical fiction）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1968-09-06 （Glasgow）
- Nationality
- Scottish, British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Humanism
- Residence History
- Glasgow, Barrhead
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1996-
- Affiliations
- Fun Lovin' Crime Writers, Humanist Society Scotland (former President)
- Memberships
- Fun Lovin' Crime Writers
- Influenced By
- Douglas Adams, Robertson Davies
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Glasgow | — | Unknown | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Glasgow
Unknown
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Critics' First Blood Award | Quite Ugly One Morning | Best First Crime Novel | — | winner |
| 2000 | Sherlock Award | Boiling a Frog | Best Comic Detective | — | winner |
| 2006 | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize | All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye | Comic Fiction | — | winner |
| 2016 | McIlvanney Prize | Black Widow | — | Bloody Scotland | winner |
| 2017 | Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year | Black Widow | — | — | winner |
| 2020 | Dagger in the Library | — | — | Crime Writers' Association | winner |
| 2024 | McIlvanney Prize | The Cracked Mirror | — | Bloody Scotland | winner |
Critics' First Blood Award
1996
Work:
Quite Ugly One Morning
Category:
Best First Crime Novel
Result:
winner
Sherlock Award
2000
Work:
Boiling a Frog
Category:
Best Comic Detective
Result:
winner
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
2006
Work:
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye
Category:
Comic Fiction
Result:
winner
McIlvanney Prize
2016
Work:
Black Widow
Organization:
Bloody Scotland
Result:
winner
Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
2017
Work:
Black Widow
Result:
winner
Dagger in the Library
2020
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
winner
McIlvanney Prize
2024
Work:
The Cracked Mirror
Organization:
Bloody Scotland
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Dagger in the Library
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2020) Winner
Works
Major Works
Quite Ugly One Morning
1996 Crime FictionDebut novel featuring investigative journalist Jack Parlabane, mixing crime, comedy, and social comment.
CrimePoliticsSocial Commentary
Adaptations
- [TV Drama] Quite Ugly One Morning (2003)
Bibliography
- Quite Ugly One Morning (1996)
- Country of the Blind (1997)
- Boiling a Frog (2000)
- A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away (2001)
- The Sacred Art of Stealing (2003)
- Be My Enemy (2004)
- All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye (2005)
- A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil (2006)
- Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks (2007)
- A Snowball in Hell (2008)
- Pandaemonium (2009)
- Where the Bodies Are Buried (2011)
- When the Devil Drives (2012)
- Flesh Wounds (2013)
- Bedlam (2013)
- Dead Girl Walking (2015)
- Black Widow (2016)
- Want You Gone (2017)
- Places in the Darkness (2017)
- Fallen Angel (2019)
- The Way of All Flesh (2018, Ambrose Parry)
- The Art of Dying (2020, Ambrose Parry)
- A Corruption of Blood (2021, Ambrose Parry)
- The Cut (2021)
- The Cliff House (2022)
- Voices of the Dead (2023, Ambrose Parry)
- The Cracked Mirror (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Tartan NoirMix of comedy, politics, social comment, and actionStrong narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Jack ParlabaneScottish footballRecurring characters
Legacy
Known as a leading Tartan Noir author, winner of multiple crime fiction awards, co-authors historical fiction with his wife.
Trivia
- St Mirren F.C. supporter
- Member of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers