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Peter May
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1951
Peter May is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer. He is the recipient of writing awards in Europe and America. The Blackhouse won the U.S. Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the national literature award in France, the Cezam Prix Litteraire. The Lewis Man won the French daily newspaper Le Télégramme's 10,000-euro Grand Prix des Lecteurs. In 2014, Entry Island won both the Deanston's Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the UK's ITV Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year Award. May's books have sold more than twelve million copies worldwide. In 2025 May was awarded France's prestigious Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere. France's premier prize for crime fiction has been in existence since 1948 and previous winners include John le Carré, Patricia Highsmith and PD James.
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Birth
1951
Death
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First book
1971
Years writing
55
Peter May was born in Glasgow in 1951 and has a prolific career spanning fifty published works.
His professional versatility has led him to excel as a journalist, television screenwriter, and film producer.
Although of British origin, he holds French citizenship, the country where he resides and carries out much of his creative work.
He is a master of the mystery and crime genre, specializing in investigation plots and police procedurals.
Among his extensive bibliography, The Critic stands out as a fundamental title to understand his narrative style.