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Graeme Macrae Burnet

(b.1967)

Graeme Macrae Burnet is one of Scotland’s brightest literary talents and the author of His Bloody Project, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016.

Born and brought up in Kilmarnock, Graeme spent some years working as an English teacher in Prague, Bordeaux, Porto and London, before returning to Glasgow and working for eight years for various independent television companies. He has degrees in English Literature and International Security Studies from Glasgow and St Andrews universities respectively.

Awards: Saltire (2016) see all

Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery

New and upcoming books

October 2024

A Case of Matricide
(Inspector Gorski Investigation, book 3)

Series

Inspector Gorski Investigation
   1. The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau (2014)
   2. The Accident on the A35 (2017)
   3. A Case of Matricide (2024)

Novels

His Bloody Project (2015)
Case Study (2021)

Collections

These Our Monsters (2019) (with others)

Awards

2016 Saltire Literary Award : His Bloody Project

Award nominations

	2022 Ned Kelly Award for Best International Crime Novel (nominee) : Case Study
	2022 HWA Gold Crown Award (longlist) : Case Study
	2022 Booker Prize (longlist) : Case Study
	2018 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Accident on the A35
	2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : His Bloody Project
	2016 Booker Prize (shortlist) : His Bloody Project

Graeme Macrae Burnet recommends

The Second Cut (2022)
(Rilke, book 2)
Louise Welsh
"If writing a sequel to a bona fide Scottish classic weighed heavily on Louise Welsh you'd never know. The Second Cut grips from the very opening pages. The Glasgow it portrays is seamy but humane, its cast of characters flawed but endearing. The whole thing is compelling, immersive and brimming with life. A great achievement."

Iron Annie (2021)
Luke Cassidy
"It's apparent from the opening lines of Iron Annie that Luke Cassidy can write. His prose fizzes with energy and music, and the reader is immediately plunged into the anarchic underbelly of Ireland and the lives of Cassidy's vivid characters."

Nightshade (2021)
(Jem Flockhart, book 5)
E S Thomson
"Terrific stuff."

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