Val McDermid
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 68 |
Web site | www.valmcdermid.com |
Date of birth | June 4,1955 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Kirkcaldy |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Joanne P. Sharp |
Albums | Vatermord (Ungekürzt) |
Job | Actor |
Author | |
Novelist | |
Crime writer | |
Education | Kirkcaldy High School |
St Hilda's College | |
Oxford | |
Awards | Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award |
Cartier Diamond Dagger | |
Dilys Award | |
Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Novel | |
Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel | |
Anthony Award for Best Novel | |
Anthony Award for Best Critical/Nonfiction Work | |
Official site | valmcdermid.com |
Parents | Jim McDermid |
Genres | Crime Fiction |
Movies/Shows | Wire in the Blood |
Traces | |
Nominations | Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 430400 |
The Mermaids Singing
Insidious Intent
The Distant Echo
Out of Bounds
The Skeleton Road
Fever of the Bone
Splinter the Silence
A Darker Domain
Broken Ground
The Retribution
The Last Temptation
Beneath the Bleeding
The wire in the blood
Cross and Burn
The Torment of Others
Trick of the Dark
Killing the shadows
Report for Murder
Grave Tattoo
Blue Genes
Dead beat
The Vanishing Point
My Granny Is a Pirate
Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime
Hostage to Murder
Crack down
Star Struck
Booked for Murder
Clean break
Common Murder
Final Edition
A Suitable Job for a Woman
Conferences Are Murder
Cleanskin
Deadline for murder
Match Up
The Writing on the Wall and Other Stories
Naked Came the Phoenix
My Scotland
Gunpowder Plots: A Short Story Collection
Kick Back
Northanger Abbey
Val McDermid 3-Book Thriller Collection: The Mermaids Singing, The Wire in the Blood, The Last Temptation (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan)
Stranded
Christmas is Murder: A Short Story Collection
Report for Murder and Common Murder: Lindsay Gordon Mysteries #1 and #2
Cross Roads: A Short Story Collection
Dead Beat and Kick Back: Kate Brannigan Mysteries #1 and #2
The Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Series, 1-4: The Mermaids Singing, The Wire in the Blood, The Last Temptation, The Torment of Others,
Bloody Scotland
1979
Val McDermid Life story
Valarie McDermid, FRSE, FRSL is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill, in a grim sub-genre known as Tartan Noir.
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David Goodwillie: Signing could be 'devastating' for women's football
... Author Val Mcdermid has withdrawn her sponsorship of the club over the move...
Val McDermid ends Raith Rovers support over David Goodwillie deal
...The author Val Mcdermid has said she will withdraw her support and sponsorship of Raith Rovers football club after it signed David Goodwillie...
Val McDermid ends Raith Rovers support over David Goodwillie deal
The author Val Mcdermid has said she will withdraw her support and sponsorship of Raith Rovers football club after it signed David Goodwillie .
The striker was ruled to be a rapist and ordered to pay damages in a civil Case in 2017.
He never faced a criminal trial over The Rape claim after prosecutors said there was not enough evidence.
Ms McDermid, known for her popular Crime Fiction novels, has been a lifelong fan of the Fife club.
She was the Scottish Championship team's main shirt sponsor But said that deal would now be ended as a result of the signing.
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.Writing on Twitter on Tuesday morning, Ms McDermid said: " The thought of The Rapist David Goodwillie running out on The Pitch at Starks Park in a @RaithRovers shirt with my name on it makes me feel physically sick. "
She added that she had " ended my lifelong support" of The Club over the signing, and that she had cancelled next season's shirt sponsorship " over this disgusting and despicable move".
" I'll be tearing up my season ticket too, " She Said .
The signing " shatters any claim to be a community or family club" and that Goodwillie's presence was a " stain on The Club ".
" Goodwillie has never expressed a shred of remorse for The Rape he committed, " She Said , concluding that his signing was " a heartbreaker for me and many other fans".
The Captain of The Club 's women's team, Tyler Rattray, also said she had quit in protest.
She Tweeted: " After 10 long years playing for Raith, it's gutting I have given up now because they have signed someone like this and I want nothing to do with it!
" It was good being captain of Raith while it lasted. "
backed Ms McDermid and Ms Rattray's stances, and said society had to have Zero Tolerance for sexual violence.
She applauded them for being " principled" adding: " The fact they're in this position at all reminds us that our society still has a way to go to make Zero Tolerance of sexual violence a reality. "
Bbc Scotland has approached Raith Rovers and David Goodwillie for comment.
The 32-year-old joined the Kirkcaldy club on Monday after five years at Clyde But - before The Court Case - he was also a Scotland striker and spent time at Dundee Utd and Aberdeen.
Denise Clair claimed she was raped by Goodwillie and another player at a flat in Armadale, West Lothian , in 2011 after a Night Out in nearby Bathgate.
Both Goodwillie and Dundee United player David Robertson accepted that they had sex with her But maintained it was consensual.
Police investigated The Incident But no criminal prosecution took place.
Ms Clair maintained in a subsequent civil action that she had been raped by both men.
The Court heard that she went in a taxi to Armadale with the players in the Early Hours of The Morning .
She later woke, naked, in a strange house and had no recollection of events from shortly after she arrived at a pub the previous evening.
Lord Armstrong ruled in a judgement that because of her " excessive intake of alcohol and, because her cognitive functioning and decision making processes were so impaired" that she " was incapable of giving meaningful consent, and that they each raped her".
He ordered them to pay her £100,000 in damages.
It was The First civil rape Case of its kind in Scotland.
'Disregard for survivors'it was " surprised and disappointed" that Raith had signed Goodwillie
It said The Move sent " a clear message of disregard to survivors of rape and sexual violence".
" Footballers are Role Models - particularly for Young People - and it's not okay to have someone in this position who has been found by a senior judge to be a rapist, " the organisation added.
It said the " bad decision" sent " entirely the wrong message, and it should be withdrawn".
Source of news: bbc.com