Denise Mina
Novelist, Author
1966 –
Who is Denise Mina?
Denise Mina is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the Garnethill trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of Tartan Noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having recently written 13 issues of Hellblazer. Since 2006, she has had two plays performed with successful reception.
Mina's first Paddy Mehan novel, The Field of Blood, was filmed by the BBC for broadcast in 2011, and stars Jayd Johnson, Peter Capaldi and David Morrissey. The second, The Dead Hour was filmed and broadcast in 2013.
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- Born
- 1966
Glasgow - Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Lived in
- Glasgow
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on July 23, 2013
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