![]() ![]() She is the recipient of six honorary doctorates and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Val was chair of the Wellcome Book Prize in 2017 and has served as a judge for both the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the 2018 Man Booker Prize. She has also published Resistance, a graphic novelisation of her critically acclaimed radio drama, illustrated by Kathryn Briggs, this May. Her most recent TV series Traces aired in a BBC1 primetime slot in January of this year (2021), and a second series is currently in production, as is ITV’s adaptation of Karen Pirie, based on Val’s cold case detective of the same name.ġ979, the beginning of a new series for Val, featuring journalist Allie Burns, is published on 19th August 2021. She is perhaps best known for her Wire in the Blood series, featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, which was adapted for television starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris. Val McDermid has sold over 19 million books to date across the globe and has been translated into more than 40 languages. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |