Peter May (writer)
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Peter May (born 20 December 1951) is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer.[1] He is the recipient of writing awards in Europe and America. The Blackhouse won the U.S. Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the national literature award in France, the Cezam Prix Litteraire. The Lewis Man won the French daily newspaper Le Télégramme's 10,000-euro Grand Prix des Lecteurs.[2] In 2014, Entry Island won both the Deanston's Scottish Crime Novel of the Year[3] and the UK's ITV Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year Award.[4] May's books have sold more than two million copies in the UK and several million internationally.[5]
Peter May | |
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Born | (1951-12-20) 20 December 1951 (age 72) Glasgow, Scotland |
Occupation | Crime writer, screenwriter, novelist |
Nationality | Scottish, French (April 2016) |
Period | 1971 – present |
Genre | Television drama, Thriller, Mystery, Crime Fiction |
Subject | Scotland, China, France |
Notable works | The Lewis Trilogy, The China Thrillers, The Enzo Files |
Notable awards | Fraser Award 1973 Scottish Young Journalist of the Year Prix Intramuros 2011 The Blackhouse |
Spouse | Janice Hally |
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