Dagger in the Library
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Edition 11 (2007) Winner
Stuart MacBride
スチュアート・マックブライド
Sutyuāto Makkuburaido
Pen Names:
Stuart B. MacBride（Pen name used for the novel Halfhead）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1969-02-27 （Dumbarton）
- Nationality
- Scottish
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Aberdeen → Aberdeenshire
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Graphic designer, Web designer, Computer programmer
- Active Years
- 2005-2024
- Influenced By
- R. D. Wingfield
- Influenced
- Ian Rankin, Val McDermid
- Nominations
- International Thriller Writers Awards Best Debut Novel nomination (Cold Granite, 2006), Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award nomination (Cold Granite, 2006), Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award nomination (Dying Light, 2007), Barry Award Best British Crime Novel nomination (Dying Light, 2007), Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award nomination (Broken Skin, 2009)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heriot-Watt University | — | Architecture | — | — | Scotland |
Heriot-Watt University
Architecture
Country:
Scotland
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Barry Award | Cold Granite | Best First Novel | Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine | won |
| 2007 | CWA Dagger in the Library | — | — | Crime Writers' Association | won |
| 2008 | ITV3 Crime Thriller Award | Broken Skin | Breakthrough Author of the Year | ITV3 | won |
Barry Award
2006
Work:
Cold Granite
Category:
Best First Novel
Organization:
Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
Result:
won
CWA Dagger in the Library
2007
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
won
ITV3 Crime Thriller Award
2008
Work:
Broken Skin
Category:
Breakthrough Author of the Year
Organization:
ITV3
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Cold Granite
2005 CrimeFirst Logan McRae novel set in Aberdeen
CrimeTartan Noir
Dying Light
2006 CrimeBibliography
- Cold Granite (2005)
- Dying Light (2006)
- Broken Skin (2007)
- Flesh House (2008)
- Blind Eye (2009)
- Dark Blood (2010)
- Shatter the Bones (2011)
- Close to the Bone (2013)
- 22 Dead Little Bodies (2015)
- The Missing and the Dead (2015)
- In the Cold Dark Ground (2016)
- Now We Are Dead (2017)
- The Blood Road (2018)
- All That's Dead (2019)
- This House of Burning Bones (2025)
- Birthdays for the Dead (2012)
- A Song for the Dying (2014)
- A Dark So Deadly (2017)
- The Coffinmaker’s Garden (2021)
- No Less the Devil (2022)
- In a Place of Darkness (2024)
- Halfhead (2009)
- The Dead of Winter (2023)
- Sawbones (2008)
- Twelve Days of Winter (2011)
- Partners in Crime (2012)
- The 45% Hangover (2014)
- The Tasting Menu (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Tartan NoirCrime thrillers set in the Granite City of Aberdeen
- Recurring Motifs
- AberdeenLogan McRae detective
Legacy
Scottish crime writer known for the Logan McRae series set in Aberdeen, a prominent figure in Tartan Noir.
In Popular Culture
- One of the initial inductees into the Aberdeen Hall of Heroes
Trivia
- World Stovies Champion in 2014
- Winner of Celebrity Mastermind in 2017 with specialist subject on A. A. Milne