Scottish novelist Denise Mina entered the literary scene in 1998, winning two awards from the Crime Writers' Association: one for the short story 'Helena and the Babies' and another for her first novel, Garnethill. Contributor of short stories to anthologies, including Fresh Blood 2, Do-Not Press, 1999 short stories and plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Also author of graphic novel A Sickness in the Family, DC Comics. Author of scripts for DC Comics' series Hellblazer, published in graphic novel form as Empathy is the Enemy and The Red Right Hand. OTHERĪlso author of play, Ida Tamson, an adaptation of one of the author's short stories and produced as part of the Oran Mor 'A Play, a Pie, and a Pint' series, Radio 4. The Dead Hour, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 2006. The Field of Blood, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 2005. Sanctum, Bantam (London, England), 2002, published as Deception, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 2005. Resolution, Bantam (London, England), 2001, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 2002. Garnethill, Bantam (London, England), 1998, Carroll & Graf ( New York, NY), 1999.Įxile, Bantam (London, England), 2000, Carroll & Graf ( New York, NY), 2001. John Creasey Memorial Dagger for best first crime novel, Crime Writers' Association, 1998, for Garnethill: A Novel of Crime Macallan Short Story Dagger, Crime Writers' Association, 1998, for 'Helena and the Babies' Scotland on Sunday/Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award, 2000. Formerly worked in a meat factory, as a hospice nurse in geriatric and terminal-care nursing homes, as a bartender, as a cook, and as a university tutor in criminology and criminal law.

Writer, novelist, playwright, and comic book writer. Casarotto, Ramsay & Associates, Waverley House, 7-12 Noel St., London W1F 8GQ, England.

Agent-The Sayle Literary Agency, 1 Petersfield, Cambridge CB1 1BB, England. Education: Received law degree from Glasgow University attended Strathclyde University (Ph.D. Born 1966, in Glasgow, Scotland daughter of James (an oil engineer) partner of a forensic psychologist children: Fergus, Owen.

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