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In 2012, it was announced that HarperCollins had hired Scottish crime writer Val McDermid to adapt Northanger Abbey for a modern audience, as a suspenseful teen thriller.
McDermid said of the project, " At its heart it's a teen novel, and a satire-that's something which fits really well with contemporary fiction.
One example is Val McDermid, whose first book appeared as far back as 1987 ; another is Florida-based author Carl Hiaasen, who has been publishing books since 1981, all of which are readily available.
John McDermid, with his brother Andrew, established a sawmill here in June 1835 followed by a grist mill.
Val McDermid ( born 4 June 1955 ) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of suspense novels starring her most famous creation, Dr. Tony Hill.
McDermid comes from Kirkcaldy, Fife, and was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she was the first student from a state school in Scotland ( Kirkcaldy High School ), and became President of the Junior Common Room.
McDermid was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Sunderland in 2011.
McDermid states that Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is her favourite novel.
McDermid considers her work to be part of the " Tartan Noir " Scottish crime fiction genre.
As well as her novels, McDermid contributes to several British newspapers and often broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland.
Starks Park, the McDermid stand visible to the left.
The McDermid Stand, which she sponsors, is in Stark's Park, Raith Rovers ground in Kirkcaldy.
McDermid is lesbian.
Scottish crime fiction has been a major area of growth with the success of novelists including Val McDermid, Frederic Lindsay, Christopher Brookmyre, Quintin Jardine, Denise Mina and particularly the success of Edinburgh's Ian Rankin and his Inspector Rebus novels.
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In Britain, Scottish-born Val McDermid created lesbian journalist-cum-sleuth Lindsay Gordon, and Joan Smith ( born 1953 ) has gained popularity as the author of a series of Loretta Lawson novels.
In addition to Gordon Brown, celebrity fans include authors Ian Rankin and Val McDermid and Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman.
In June 2011 Val McDermid joined the board of directors.
He has been at the University of York since 1990, and held the post of Head of Department from 1999 until 30 June 2006, when he was succeeded by John McDermid.
John Horton McDermid, PC, FRI ( born March 17, 1940 ) is a former Canadian politician.
McDermid worked in marketing, public relations and broadcasting before entered politics.
Jane and .
Mary Jane Lerner knew none of this.
Mary Jane might not be the most intelligent woman, but she was one of the most determined.
Mary Jane had smilingly said.
'' For the last half hour Mary Jane had criss-crossed half the length of the Gardens and, at last, come upon her knight.
His presence there, asleep in the grass, confirmed all that Mary Jane believed it was in his power to teach her: freedom from the tedium of needs such as hotels, the meaning of nature, how to live, simply, with the angels.
Mary Jane got up, quietly, and walked away.
Mary Jane belonged to a world acquainted with small attractive hotels and pensions in all the major and minor cities.
Mary Jane had made very little effort.
Mary Jane took the page from him and began reading it, moving her lips with the words.
At her door, two or three hours later, Mary Jane whispered, `` Everyone is asleep ''.
But to get back to the Coolidge household, Mrs. Coolidge so obviously loved dogs, that the public sent her more dogs -- Calamity Jane, Timmy, and Blackberry.
They would all lie around on the rug during the meal, a very pretty sight as Rob Roy, Prudence, and Calamity Jane were all snow-white.
Let every policeman and park guard keep his eye on John and Jane Doe, lest one piece of bread be placed undetected and one bird survive.
His friend Jane was with him.
Jane sat receptive and interested.
Jane nodded with a pleasant smile.
Jane asked in her placid, interested way.
It is, of course, easy to see how `` J '' will mean Uncle Jack to one person and little Jane to another.
I suddenly thought of Mary Jane Brennan, the way her pretty eyes could flash with anger, her quiet competence, the gentleness and sweetness that lay just beneath the surface of her defenses.
It suddenly seemed very important to me that Mary Jane Brennan should know the truth about me -- that I was not the confused, sick, irresponsible person she believed me to be.
`` There are things about me that I can't tell you now, Mary Jane '', I said, `` but if you'll go out to dinner with me when I get out of Hanover, I'd like to tell you the whole story.
It was unlikely that any girl as sharp as Mary Jane Brennan would believe it without proof.
The Living Room has another scoop: Jane Russell will make one of her rare night club singing appearances there, opening Jan. 22.
Joan Zurcher of Hillsboro, Phyllis Jossy of North Plains, Jane Cox of North Plains.
The hospital has used the money to assist in alterations on the fifth floor of the Jane Brown Hospital, part of Rhode Island Hospital.
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