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 states that Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is her favourite novel.

As well as her novels, McDermid contributes to several British newspapers and often broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland.

* Val McDermid talks about the novels that have influenced her in the Guardian bookshop challenge

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.

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.

* Val McDermid ( born 1955 ), Scottish crime novelist

2006's Writers ' Week focused on Dutch and Indian writing and was held between the 5 March and 10 March 2006. Notable visiting authors included Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham, crime novelists Val McDermid, Andrew Taylor & Minette Walters and Indian author Vikram Seth.

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.

He has also written adaptations of several of Ellis Peters ' Brother Cadfael novels, starring Philip Madoc as Cadfael, and of works by Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Isaac Asimov and other best-selling genre authors.

* McDermid, Jane.

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.

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.

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.

* Q. McDermid, A. Patil, and T. Raguimov's paper

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.

In a 1997 open letter to Ms. magazine she expressed displeasure that what she considers a way to ensure her own artistic freedom was seen by others solely in terms of its financial success.

So, when a woman considers her breasts deficient in some respect, she might choose to undergo a plastic surgery procedure to enhance them, either to have them augmented or to have them reduced, or to have them reconstructed if she suffered a deformative disease, such as breast cancer.

In further play on this theme by the director, Jade Fox, as she dies, refers to the poison from a young child, " the deceit of an eight year old girl ", obviously referring to what she considers her own spiritual poisoning by her young apprentice Jen.

Ana Castillo has referred to herself as a Chicana, and her literary work reflects that she primarily considers the term to be a positive one of self-determination and political solidarity.

Although the novel is over one thousand pages, Mammy never considers what her life might be like away from Tara.

Scarlett is secretly scornful of Melanie Wilkes, wife to Ashley, who shows nothing but love and devotion towards Scarlett, and considers her a sister throughout her life because Scarlett married Melanie's brother Charles.

Stevie Nicks considers Joplin one of her idols, saying:

It is the first to claim a film character who identifies as a lesbian, and film historian Vito Russo considers the film a complex treatment of a multifaceted character who is forced into silence about her openness by other lesbians.

* Mary of Bethany, disciple of Jesus ; Roman Catholic tradition considers her the same person as Mary Magdalene

Frakes cast Krige after finding that she had all of the mentioned qualities, and being impressed by her performance in Ghost Story ; the director considers her the sexiest Star Trek villain of all time.

* He closes against her all the avenues to wealth and distinction, which he considers most honorable to himself.

Francine considers Katchoo her best friend ; Katchoo is in love with Francine.

In a 2008 interview, Le Guin said that she considers the 1980 adaptation as " the only good adaptation to film " of her work to date.

Dawn suffers from abandonment issues due to both her mother and Buffy having died in the same year she entered Buffy's life ; she considers the Scooby Gang to be her surrogate family and is very close to them.

Walter Burkert considers her name a transformed doublet of Tethys.

In her book she said this is because she considers it " unconscionable to breed.

Since California considers “ all persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense … principals in any crime so committed ,” San Marin County Superior Judge Peter Allen Smith charged Davis with “ aggravated kidnapping and first degree murder in the death of Judge Harold Haley ” and issued a warrant for her arrest.

Minnelli has, throughout her lifetime, served various charities and causes which she considers very important.

Ultimately, according to her theories in works such as Survival and her exploration of similar themes in her fiction, Atwood considers Canadian literature as the expression of Canadian identity.