Alan Parks (writer)

Alan Parks (born 1963)[1] is a Scottish crime writer in the Tartan Noir genre.[2][1] His fifth novel May God Forgive won the 2022 McIlvanney Prize as the best Scottish crime book of the year.[3]

His novels, each including a month of the year in its title, are set in 1970s Glasgow and feature "rather bent copper" Harry McCoy.[1] May God Forgive was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Handel, Peter (9 April 2021). "Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s". CrimeReads. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Alan Parks – Canongate Books". canongate.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Winners revealed for the McIlvanney Prize 2022 & the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize". Bloody Scotland. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ^ "The 2023 CWA Daggers Shortlists Have Been Announced". Ian Fleming. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-07-10.