Stuart MacBride

For MacBride Report, see Seán MacBride.

Stuart MacBride is a Scottish writer, whose crime thrillers are set in the "Granite City" of Aberdeen, with Detective Sergeant Logan McRae as protagonist.

Stuart MacBride
Born	(1969-02-27) 27 February 1969 (age 55) Dumbarton, Scotland
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Scottish
Genre	Crime Tartan Noir Sci-fi
Notable works	Logan McRae series
Spouse	Fiona MacBride
Website
www.stuartmacbride.com

Biography

Stuart MacBride was born 27 February 1969 in Dumbarton, near Glasgow and raised in Aberdeen. His occupations included scrubbing toilets offshore, graphic design, web design and IT/computer programming.^[1] He studied architecture at Heriot-Watt University.^[2]

MacBride's publishing deal was secured with the writing of Halfhead; however, the publishers were more interested in Cold Granite, concerning DS Logan McRae. He was signed on a three-book Logan deal, which was further extended to six books. In 2009 he signed another deal, allowing him to write two more Logan books, and two standalone novels, the first of which due after the sixth instalment of the Logan McRae series.^[2] In an interview for the Alibi television channel, MacBride indicated he considered R. D. Wingfield a "literary inspiration".^[3] MacBride's novels, particularly those featuring Logan McRae, have been described as Tartan Noir, which has placed him alongside Ian Rankin and Val McDermid as authors who have also been described as luminaries of the genre.^[4]

He now lives in Aberdeenshire with his wife, Fiona.

Macbride is one of the initial batch of ten people in the Aberdeen Hall of Heroes,^[5] being awarded World Stovies Champion in 2014. He also won Celebrity Mastermind in 2017 with a specialist subject on the life and works of A. A. Milne.^[6]

Bibliography

Logan McRae novels

• 2005 – Cold Granite
• 2006 – Dying Light
• 2007 – Broken Skin (published in America as Bloodshot)
• 2008 – Flesh House
• 2009 – Blind Eye
• 2010 – Dark Blood
• 2011 – Shatter the Bones
• 2013 – Close to the Bone
• 2015 – 22 Dead Little Bodies
• 2015 – The Missing and the Dead
• 2016 – In the Cold Dark Ground
• 2017 – Now We Are Dead (A D.S. Roberta Steel Novel)
• 2018 – The Blood Road
• 2019 – All That's Dead

Oldcastle novels

• 2012 – Birthdays for the Dead
• 2014 – A Song for the Dying
• 2017 – A Dark So Deadly
• 2021 – The Coffinmaker’s Garden
• 2022 – No Less the Devil
• 2024 – In a Place of Darkness

Standalone

• 2009 – Halfhead (Writing as Stuart B. Macbride)
• 2023 – The Dead of Winter

Other works

• 2008 – Sawbones (A novella)
• 2011 – Twelve Days of Winter (A short story collection)
• 2012 – Partners in Crime (Two Logan and Steel short stories: Bad Heir Day and Stramash)
• 2014 – The 45% Hangover (A Logan and Steel novella)
• 2024 - The Tasting Menu (A short story)

Awards

• Won, Barry Award for Best First Novel, 2006 (for Cold Granite)^[7]
• Won, CWA Dagger in the Library Award, 2007^[8]
• Won, ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Breakthrough Author of the Year, 2008 (for Broken Skin)^[9]
• Nominated, International Thriller Writers Awards, Best Debut Novel, 2006 (for Cold Granite)^[10]
• Nominated, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2006 (for Cold Granite)^[11]
• Nominated, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2007 (for Dying Light)^[12]
• Nominated, Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel, 2007 (for Dying Light)^[7]
• Nominated, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2009 (for Broken Skin)^[13]

See also

• List of Logan McRae characters

References

1. Sova, Cathy. "New Faces 42 - Stuart MacBride". The Mystery Reader. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
2. Wanner, Len (2013). The Crime Interviews: Volume One: Bestselling Authors Talk About Writing Crime Fiction. Blasted Heath. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-908688-20-0.
3. "Stuart MacBride interview". Alibi. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
4. Forshaw, Barry (29 December 2015). "In the Cold Dark Ground, by Stuart MacBride - book review". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
5. "Names chosen for city Hall of Heroes". BBC News. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
6. Stephenson, Hannah (22 April 2017). "The dark and light world of Stuart MacBride | Press and Journal". Press and Journal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
7. "Barry Awards". Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
8. Hendry, Steve (9 May 2010). "Best-selling crime author Stuart MacBride on secrets of new novel". Sunday Mail. The Daily Record. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
9. Allen, Katie (6 October 2008). "Rankin and P D James pick up ITV3 awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
10. "Thriller Awards - ThrillerFest". International Thriller Writers. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
11. Richardson, Anna (19 June 2007). "Brookmyre and MacBride on crime shortlist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
12. "North-east crime writer on shortlist for major award". Press and Journal. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
13. Flood, Alison (1 June 2009). "Theakstons rounds up 14 suspects on crime novel award shortlist | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

External links

• Official website