Val McDermid
Val McDermid
Val McDermidis a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of suspense novels featuring Dr. Tony Hill...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 June 1955
bags
I am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts.
became books central dirt education home kicking life luxury money moved opposite spare understood
We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.
fiction excited crime
Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.
ego failing when-all-else-fails
When all else fails, go for the ego.
elephants remember
He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.
stories mary
Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God’s.
dentist heroines
No woman is a heroine to her dentist.
fashion thinking hands
Not even a hand-stitched suit could hide a body gone ruinously to seed. I was tempted to offer some fashion advice, but I didn't think he'd welcome the news that this year, bellies are being worn inside the trousers.
magic world storytelling
It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.
moving book house
That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place.
criminals deserve
A society gets the criminals it deserves.