Katie Dickinson Manchester
Subject: Val McDermid Oxfam gender and sexuality Q&A Canal Street Manchester
Dear Ms McDermid,
My name is Katie; I am a third-year English Literature student at Manchester University and a book volunteer at the Oxfam shop near the university. Oxfam Manchester wants to hold a Q & A event on issues of gender and sexuality with a panel of writers as part of Oxfams National Bookfest fortnight and we would love you to take part.
Our plan is to find a venue on Canal Street , and have a host from Manchester University to pose questions to the panellists and also to take questions from the audience. We would aim to sell tickets for this event at £5, meaning that it would be the most profitable event we are hoping to organise. The aim is to raise enough money to buy a classroom or a library in the developing world.
Currently we are in the very early stages of planning, but we are also trying to contact Jeanette Winterson and Jackie Kay. Idea
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Niamh Moynagh Cavan, Ireland
I discovered your books about 6 months ago in my local library, I can honestly say I am sad when I finish one of your books, I just want them to go on forever. You are a fabulous writer and I love your books. I have read about 8, and am on the hunt for all the rest.
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barbara vienna/austria
googling (has that become a word by now? it must, mustn`t it, it is used as a verb even in german) you.
i was pleasantly surprised to discover your female. i suppose i never thought about it, just stupidly assumed you were a male author. i put you up close to reginald hill as a favourite author, and then it turns out you are a woman. this comment is in no way meant to be disrespectful, only i find, when i pick up books for "recreational" purposes (which are, yes, mostly crime/mystery/thriller derivatives, i tend to discover that i prefer stories written by males. but you share a place on my best ever list now with fred vargas, a french writress, of whom you`ve probably heard.
anyway, i am sorry about the drivel (but the internet seems to enliven the abject rather than the enlightened).
i will go on enjoying your books (it`s like tapping into a well, discovering an author you like who wrote numerous books and who`ll hopefully write more and more t
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Evelyn Mottram Aberdeenshire
Hi val, I was the social worker who stopped Donald McMillan from getting to an open prison whereby he could be free to kill again. Donald McMmillan was a squirmy little c--t in prison. He was a model prisoner but did not ever take me in, however,he did take a lot of prison officers in to his quaint ways and polite manner. I did not during my time in prison ever believe him and I thank goodness mother nature decided that he should pay for his horrific crime by giving him a heart attack. This was soon after he knew he would not be released from prison as soon as he thought he would have liked. He genuinely belived he would not have been a threat to other children or women, but I knew him different. you? have you delved into
There are other offenders in your bok who, in my opinion should never be free but that is another story. what I am e-mailing you for is that my grand-daughters friend is showing all the signs of being a serial killer? Would you like to talk this over with me?
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Nancy Bartholomew Pleasanton, CA in United States
When will "Fever of the Bone" be released in the United States?
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dave maclean france
Really enjoyed your latest book one of the bst and what a great ending. i notice in your cover you have a son and a dog, should that not be a dog and a son
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Bob MacDermid(McDermid) Hendersonville,NC USA
Val, Grabbed one of your books for my mother in law when she asked me to pick up a mystery- who could resist a name like yours? Never was much into mysteries, but thanks for broadening my horizens! All the best from a new fan!
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Patrizia Galli Soest, Holland
Val, you are a GREAT writer. I read "A place of execution" and I was amazed at the atmoshpere you had recreated... After reading "The distant echo" I have become a real fan of you. It's not only the plot, it's how you write, it gives me a deep intellectual pleasure.Can't wait to read all the books you have written.
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Martin R BangkokThailand
I am a newcomer to Val's books having just found Place of Execution in a Bangkok bookshop - fabulous. I'm now looking for all the others!
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Joy Sheffield
Dear Val - I've just finished Fever of the Bone and wanted to thank you for always including lesbian characters in a variety of roles. It's so fantastic to see lives that I recognise well from my own life reflected in literature - though obviously I hope none of us is ever going to be involved in a murder investigation! I imagine you get some flack for it so think it's important you hear the gratitude too. Thank you.
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Margaret Fick Toronto Canada
Just finished reading "A Darker Domain' Really enjoyed it, I was brought up in Kinghorn and really liked knowing about the places you had the action set in. Thanks again for a great read.
Margaret Fick
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elainebowden manchester
dear val i would just like to say i love all your characters in all of your books they are really belivable. the way you write is great,thanks for many hours of enjoyment.eb
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edward levy Bridgwater, Somerset, England
I picked up 'The Distant Echo' in my local library thinking it looked like a good read. Once I started it I could not put it down. It was absolutely brilliant. I am now off to the library to find more by the same author.
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Dean James Houston, TX
Congratulations on the Diamond Dagger, Val! Well done.
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Cheryl Peterson Seattle, WA, USA
One of my books groups is hoping to see your books published in unabridged audio format here in the US. Any chance of that?
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Ian McGregor Australia
Ihave just finished reading "A Darker Domain" and "A Distant Echo" I enjoyed both. The plots were well thought out and credible, and the characterisatios excellent. For someone who studied English at Oxford, the grammar was often quite slipshod.
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Norna Bell Ayr
Hi Val, guess what was top of my Xmas list????, - I have almost finished "Fever of the Bone" - what can I say, simply the best! Had to look up gallimaufry though! All the best for 2010 and here's to the next book. Best wishes from a very cold Ayr. Norna Bell.
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Bronwen F. Spindle Sugar Land Texas
Just finished listening to "The Grave Tattoo" and enjoyed it very much, saved my sanity in Houston traffic. As I am originally from Lancashire it was wonderful to have memories of the Lake District re-kindled. Wishing you continued success.
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Lynne McCoy Jefferson County, Tennessee USA
Thank you for a wonderful series of books Tony Hill series is great but I really enjoyed the one concerning the Fletcher Christian real mystery in Grave Tattoo. I look forward to reading more of your books now and in the future.
It is fun not being able to figure everything out after the first couple of chapters. Thank you for that!
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raewyn AUSTRALIA
I love your books and trying to read all the ones you have writen. The singinig mermaid tops my list.
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barbara vienna/austria
well, now i did not do a good job of that. i had to split my entry, it seems, and the latter part preceeds the former now. oh well.
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barbara vienna/austria
dear val,
much to my chagrin, i only did discover your books, and you - by proxy - a few months ago. it`s good though, that you didn`t feature earlier in my career as book-devouring mystery fiend, so i get to read all your stories now. you probably get to hear that a lot, but i really like your books. they are really rather smart, and this is what i`m after in my self-proclaimed pursuits of escapism via mysteries and crime stories. i started randomly (courtesy to the public library in vienna, well stocked in foreign language literature, fleamarkets - the anglican church vienna runs a second hand book shop) with a bit of this and that, and got hooked on dr. hill for now. i recently started watching the tv series based on wire in the blood, bloody good stuff, i think (this would be courtesy to the internet, then, with its blatant disregard for copyright, i guess). it was only tonight, after finishing reading the torment of others, that i got around googling (has that be
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sandra bury st edmunds england
thank you for taking me back home with lovely memories with distant echo i lived in burntisland and kirkcaldy thanks again val great story sandra
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Meredith Anderson U.S.A.
Hello Val,
I am cracking up as I read the beginning of "Booked For Murder", because I see you tricked me! I thought Sandra Bloom had been sent to murder Lindsay, but I see she was sent to hire her. You did that so well! You didn't lie, you just only gave me pieces of the puzzle that I was likely to interpret that way. LOL! Very clever.
I love your books. They are so well written, with such good plots, and even the minor characters are made real and believable.
I first was introduced to your work by watching "A Place of Execution" on public TV. Ever since then you have made my trips to the library very easy . I simply go where your books are and get some more of them!
Thank you for all the hours of entertainment you have given and will give me.
Well, back to my book!
-Meredith Anderson , Boston, MA
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Randi Janesville, Wisconsin
Oh MY! I just read that you had bi-lateral knee replacement! I did that last February...both knees at the same time!!
Wicked pain, no? Hang in there...I love my knees too! (But I did ask for cute ones as I've never had them before and I didn't get that! poop)
Love you books. God bless you for entertaining us so well.
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sandra stavlo St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Ms. McDermid:
I've read everything you've ever written and have never been disappointed. Just finished A Darker Domain, and can't wait for your next book.
Thank you for so much reading enjoyment!
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John Bates West Malling, Kent,UK
Love your books! Am reading them in the wrong order but it doesn't seem to matter. I am a former senior Detective in the Met (Ret'd 21 years) and I am learning how far the job has advanced since my day. You obviusly have some great advisors.
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Kim Wheatley Alexandria, VA, USA
I really enjoyed the character, DI Karen Pirie from A Darker Domain. Do you plan on writing another book featuring this character again?
This book was my first for you....awesome read. thank you!
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tania bolton perth western australia
Have just found you Val and have become a fan of your writing. Love your books and the way your characters come to life.....keep writing, i love it :)
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Ian Thwaites Lincoln
I have lost a lot of sleep because once i start one of your books I cannot put it down.I usually think I have worked it out by mid way through but i have not been right yet even had to go back several chapters to see what i missed.keep it up loved every book so far. Ian T.
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Bev Todmorden, West Yorkshire
I absolutely love the 'authormatic' best seller generator. It had me laughing out loud when I read my own. It's surprising what a bit of fishing line and a little toe can get up to! Val, you are funny and oh-so-gorgeous!
Bev xxx
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Sonja Baur Chicago, USA
I've recently tried to obtain some of your books in German (via Amazon.de) but I don't know the German titles vs the English. Is there a list of titles in English with their translations into German? To get a new reader hooked on you I wanted him to read The Last Temptation but didn't know what it was in German so ordered three and have no idea what I've sent him!!!
I'm so looking forward to reading Fever...in English
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Gale Borger Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Love your books-would hope to meet you one day!
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Calum Macleod Inverness
Congratulations on the Diamond Award, Val!
The words "time", "about" and "flippin'" spring to mind.
Couldn't have happened to a better and more generous ambassador for the genre.
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Pauline Hill Scottish Borders
Hi Val,I wonder if you remember me,I used to keep you tidy when you lived in Buxton, and before you became a celebrated novelist!!.I have watched your career blossom over the years and am delighted at your well deserved success. Our very best wihes to you in 2010, kind regards , Pauline and Tony hill.
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Cyndy USA
Just finished your book "Beneath the Bleeding". Actually I skimmed the last half. It was boring. You used to write really well. I'm sick to death of the liberal slant and you can stop insulting George Bush any time now. In fact, why not mind your own business. You people have your own problems. And for your information, not everyone hates him. I guess I won't be reading any more of your books.
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Sally Belfast/Worcester
Why Worcester? Is the body location in Worcester a real place? My sister and I have two possible places for it. Would you consider doing something at Worcester festival in August as you have put us on the map as it were?
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james banks NSW Australia
I have just watched a wire in the blood program and can only wonder why anyone such a you is not classed as a dope pusher or other such corrupter of public decency your books and television are totally indecent and should be classed as and banned as hard porn I am sure that you have talent to earn a very good living without resorting to the filth that is craved after by the rabble of our society and on the way corrupting minds to accept your disgusting made up crimes as normal
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