Bibliography…
Val’s latest non fiction book…
Imagine a Country
The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility…
Imagine A Country offers visions of a modern future from an astonishing array of scots voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians.
Publishing date UK: 19 March 2020
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Val’s latest novel…
1979
The unmissable first thriller in an electrifying, brand-new series from the Queen of Crime.
Publication date: 19 August 2021
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Val’s New Graphic Novel with illustrator Kathryn Briggs…
Resistance
A gritty, dark tale of infectious disease gone wrong – the timely graphic novel from Sunday Times-bestselling author Val McDermid.
Publication date: 20 May 2021
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Plays:
The Right Chemistry ( 1999 )
A second hour-long adaptation of the early half of clean Break ( the novel ). At first, Kate thinks she ’ south investigating a dim-witted case of industrial sabotage. But nothing here is quite what it seems… Featuring Jane Hazelgrove as Kate and Kathryn Hunt reprising her roles as Shelley AND Alexis, thanks to the wonders of radio. Both Brannigans were directed by Melanie Harris .
clean Break ( 1998 )
I adapted Clean Break for BBC Radio Four from the Kate Brannigan novel of the same name. Brannigan gets involved in a daredevil chase across Europe as she tries to unravel a series of art thefts. senior high school points include Richard ’ mho rendition of ‘ The Lonely Goatherd ’ … Featuring Charlotte Coleman as Kate and Kathryn Hunt as Shelley/Alexis. But we only had an hour ’ sulfur transmission clock to work with, so I alone adapted one half of the book, leaving the way candid for…
Like A Happy Ending – a drama ( scottish Society of Playwrights, 1981 )
My first published employment, this was adapted from my beginning undertake at a novel. I wrote the fresh when I was about twenty, so of course it was broad of all the things that 20-year-olds know about — love, hate, angst, the mean of life and, naturally, a suicide attack in the penult chapter .
On the advice of an actor friend, I turned it into a play. It was first performed by Plymouth Theatre Company in 1978 to desegregate reviews — one reviewer memorably said, “This reduces passion to the level of sucking gobstoppers.” So who ’ s got the last laugh now ?
I adapted it for radio and it was produced for BBC Radio Scotland by Stewart Conn, reaturing Maev Alexander, Fidelis Morgan, Amanda Hillwood, Vivienne Dixon and Vari Sylvester. 90mins .
It was published by the scots Society of Playwrights, with a brood by Kari Furre, and since it probably sold no more than a twelve copies is undoubtedly fabulously valuable now .
