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Alan Parks (writer)

Alan Parks (writer)

Scottish crime writer (born 1963)

Alan Parks (born 1963)[1] is a Scottish crime writer in the Tartan Noir genre.[2][1] His fifth novel May God Forgive won the 2022 McIlvanney Prize as the best Scottish crime book of the year.[3]

His novels, each including a month of the year in its title, are set in 1970s Glasgow and feature "rather bent copper" Harry McCoy.[1] May God Forgive was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.[4]

Selected publications

  • Bloody January (2017)[5]
  • February's Son (2019)[6]
  • Bobby March Will Live For Ever (2020)[7]
  • The April Dead (2021)[8][9]
  • May God Forgive (2022)[10]
  • To Die in June (2023)

References

  1. [1]
    Handel, Peter (9 April 2021). "Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s". CrimeReads. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Alan Parks – Canongate Books". canongate.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Winners revealed for the McIlvanney Prize 2022 & the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize". Bloody Scotland. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. [4]
    "The 2023 CWA Daggers Shortlists Have Been Announced". Ian Fleming. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  5. [5]
    "Book review: Bloody January, by Alan Parks". www.scotsman.com. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Book review: February's Son by Alan Parks". HeraldScotland. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Bobby March Will Live Forever Review". www.crimereview.co.uk. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Bloody January". Kirkus Reviews. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. [9]
    "The April Dead by Alan Parks". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Book Review: May God Forgive, by Alan Parks". www.scotsman.com. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.


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