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]

Selected publications
  • Bloody January (2017)[5]
  • February's Son (2019)[6]
  • Bobby March Will Live For Ever (2020)[7]
  • The April Dead (2021)[8][9]
  • May God Forgive (2022)[10]
  • To Die in June (2023)

References
  1. 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.
  5. "Book review: Bloody January, by Alan Parks". www.scotsman.com. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. "Book review: February's Son by Alan Parks". HeraldScotland. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. "Bobby March Will Live Forever Review". www.crimereview.co.uk. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  8. "Bloody January". Kirkus Reviews. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. "The April Dead by Alan Parks". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  10. "Book Review: May God Forgive, by Alan Parks". www.scotsman.com. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.


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