Liam McIlvanney is a Scottish-born crime fiction writer and academic at the
University of Otago
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New Zealand
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, and the inaugural holder of the Stuart Chair in Scottish studies at Otago. He is the son of
William McIlvanney
William McIlvanney (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works ''Laidlaw'', ' ...
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Works
Fiction
*''All the Colours of the Town'' (2009)
* ''Where the Dead Men Go'' (2013)
* ''The Quaker'' (2018)
* ''The Heretic'' (2022)
Nonfiction
* ''Burns the Radical: Poetry and Politics in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland'' (2002)
Awards
* The Saltire First Book Award
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Ngaio Marsh Award
The Ngaio Marsh Awards (formerly Ngaio Marsh Award), popularly called the Ngaios, are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand to recognise excellence in crime fiction, mystery, and thriller writing. The Awards were established by jour ...
for Best New Zealand Crime Novel (2014)
* McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year (2018)
References
External links
Author's website
Living people
Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
Scottish mystery writers
University of Otago faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Scottish novelists
21st-century British male writers
Scottish male novelists
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