
Val McDermid
Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford.

Christian Kiefer earned his Ph.D. in American literature from the University of California, Davis, and is on the English faculty of American River College in Sacramento.
He is an active poet, songwriter, and recording artist, and lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California with his wife and six sons.
Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford.
born in Pisa in 1974 and a Chemistry researcher for the university, made his debut in 2007...