Presskit
100 word bio:
Catriona (she/her) was born in Scotland and lived there until 2010, then immigrated to California where she lives on Patwin ancestral land. A former academic linguist, she now writes full-time. Her multi-award-winning and national best-selling work includes: the DANDY GILVER historical detective stories, the LAST DITCH mysteries, set in California, and a strand of contemporary standalone novels including Edgar-finalist THE DAY SHE DIED and Mary Higgins Clark finalist STRANGERS AT THE GATE. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, The Crimewriters’ Association, The Society of Authors and Sisters in Crime, of which she is a former national president.
awards and honours
- IN PLACE OF FEAR shortlisted for the 2023 Historical Agatha
- SCOT IN A TRAP shortlisted for the 2023 humorous Lefty award (pending)
- IN PLACE OF FEAR shortlisted for the 2023 Bill Gottfried memorial lefty for historical mystery (pending)
- THE MIRROR DANCE shortlisted for the 2022 historical Lefty
- THE TURNING TIDE shortlisted for the Sue Feder Memorial Macavity
- THE TURNING TIDE shortlisted for the 2021 historical Agatha
- THE TURNING TIDE winner of the 2021 historical Lefty
- SCOT AND SODA shotlisted for the 2020 Anthony award for best paperback original
- STRANGERS AT THE GATE shortlisted for 2020 Mary Higgins Clark award.
- Guest of Honour at Left Coast Crime 2021, Albuquerque, if I'm spared. (This has become LCC 2022)
- Toastmaster at Virtual Bouchercon 2020.
- Guest of Honour at Sleuthfest 2020, Deerfield Beach, Florida, all being well. (All was not well. Sleuthfest was cancelled)
- SCOT AND SODA, winner of the 2020 Lefty award for best humnorous mystery
- SCOT FREE winner of the 2019 Lefty award for best humorous mystery
- HOUSE-TREE-PERSON, shortlisted for the Silver Falchion Reader's Choice Award
- Toastmaster for Malice Domestic 30
- THE REEK OF RED HERRINGS winner of the 2017 historical Macavity
- QUIET NEIGHBORS shortlisted for the 2017 Agatha award for best contemporary novel
- THE REEK OF RED HERRINGS winner of the 2017 Agatha award for best historical novel
- QUIET NEIGHBORS shortlisted for the 2017 Mary Higgins Clark award
- QUIET NEIGHBORS bronze medal for mystery category 2107 IPPY awards.
- THE REEK OF RED HERRINGS winner of the 2017 Bruce Alexander Memorial Lefty for best historical mystery
- Authored the introduction to STRIDING FOLLY, the final volume of Hodder & Stoughton's 2017 Dorothy L Sayers re-issue.
- THE CHILD GARDEN finalist for the 2016 Macavity award for best mystery
- THE CHILD GARDEN finalist for the 2016 Anthony award for best novel
- THE CHILD GARDEN finalist for the 2016 Agatha award for best contemporary novel
- THE CHILD GARDEN finalist for the 2016 Mary Higgins Clark award
- Toastmaster at Left Coast Crime 2016
- THE DAY SHE DIED winner of the 2015 Anthony award for best paperback
- THE DAY SHE DIED winner of the 2015 Silver Falchion award for best literary suspense
- THE DAY SHE DIED shortlisted for the 2015 Macavity award for best novel
- A DEADLY MEASURE OF BRIMSTONE winner of the 2015 Sue Feder Memorial Macavity
- A DEADLY MEASURE OF BRIMSTONE winner of the Bruce Alexander award for historical mystery, Left Coast Crime, 2015T
- THE DAY SHE DIED finalist for an Edgar award for best paperback original
- 2014-15 national president of Sisters in Crime.
- AS SHE LEFT IT winner of the IndieFab gold medal for mystery 2014
- A BOTHERSOME NUMBER OF CORPSES shortlisted for the Sue Feder Memorial Macavity 2014
- AS SHE LEFT IT won the 2014 Anthony Award for best pbk original.
- DANDY GILVER AND A BOTHERSOME NUMBER OF CORPSES winner of the Bruce Alexander Award 2014
- AS SHE LEFT IT shortlisted for the Calamari Award at Left Coast Crime, Monterey, 2014
- AN UNSUITABLE DAY FOR A MURDER Winner of the Historical Agatha Award, 2013
- AN UNSUITABLE DAY FOR A MURDER winner of the Bruce Alexander Award, 2013
- AS SHE LEFT IT, Kirkus top 20 mystery/thrillers of 2013
- THE PROPER TREATMENT OF BLOODSTAINS winner of the Sue Feder Memorial Macavity Award, 2012
- DANDY GILVER AND THE PROPER TREATMENT OF BLOODSTAINS, Boston Globe’s top 10 picks of 2012.
- THE BURRY MAN’S DAY longlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Award, at Harrogate International Crime Festival, 2006
- AFTER THE ARMISTICE BALL shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Dagger, 2005
