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Alan Parks
Alan Parks has worked in the music industry for over twenty years. His debut novel Bloody January was shortlisted for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
He won the McIlvanney Prize in 2022 for the fifth entry in the Harry McCoy series, May God Forgive.
He lives and works in Glasgow.
Author photograph by Euan Robertson
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