Catriona McPherson (born October 22, 1965) is a Scottish writer. She is best known for her Dandy Gilver series. Her novels have won an

Agatha Award The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no expli ...

(2012), two

Macavity Awards The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the " mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' ...

(2012, 2015), seven Lefty Awards (2013), and two

Anthony Awards The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. Among the m ...

(2014).

Biography

McPherson was born October 22, 1965, in

South Queensferry Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian, it is administered by the City of Edinburgh council area. It lies ten miles to the no ...

, Scotland and remained in Scotland until 2010 when she moved to

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. She received a

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degree in English Language and Linguistics and

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...

in Linguistics, both from the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

. Before committing herself to writing full-time in 2005, McPherson worked in banking, libraries, and academia.

Awards and honors

Publications

Standalone novels

* '' As She Left It'' (2013) * '' The Day She Died'' (2014) * ''The Child Garden'' (2015) * ''Come to Harm'' (2015) * ''Quiet Neighbors'' (2016) * ''House. Tree. Person.'' (2017) * ''Go to My Grave'' (2018) * ''Strangers at the Gate'' (2019) * ''A Gingerbread House'' (2021) * ''Quiet Neighbours'' (2021) * ''In Place of Fear'' (2022)

Dandy Gilver series

# ''After the Armistice Ball'' (2005) # ''The Burry Man's Day'' (2006) # ''Bury Her Deep'' (2007) # ''The Winter Ground'' (2008) # ''Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains'' (2011) # ''Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder'' (2012) # ''Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses'' (2012) # ''Dandy Gilver and a Deadly Measure of Brimstone'' (2013) # ''Dandy Gilver and the Reek of Red Herrings'' (2014) # ''Dandy Gilver and the Unpleasantness in the Ballroom'' (2015) # ''Dandy Gilver and a Most Misleading Habit'' (2016) # ''Dandy Gilver and a Spot of Toil and Trouble'' (2017) # ''A Step So Grave'' (2018) # ''The Turning Tide'' (2019) # ''The Mirror Dance'' (2021)

Last Ditch Mystery series

# ''Scot Free'' (2018) # ''Scot & Soda'' (2019) # ''Scot on the Rocks'' (2021) # ''Scot Mist'' (2022) # ''Scot in a Trap'' (2022)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:McPherson, Catriona 1965 births University of Edinburgh 21st-century Scottish women writers Living people People from South Queensferry Alumni of the University of Edinburgh