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Peter May

Born in Glasgow. He originally worked as a journalist. When he published his first novel, The Reporter (1978), at the age of twenty-seven, he was asked to rewrite it as a script for a BBC series. Since then, he has dedicated himself to television work. He is one of the most successful and prolific television screenwriters. He has over a thousand credits to his name, including the series The Standard and Machair. He also writes novels. His six-part series of 'China thrillers', featuring the duo of a young Chinese detective, Li Yan, and an American forensic pathologist, Margaret Campbell, which draws on the differences between two distinct cultures, earned him worldwide renown. The Blackhouse, the first of a trilogy set in May's native Scotland, was first published in France in 2009, and in Great Britain less than two years later. After its release in September 2011, it spent eight weeks on the British bestseller chart, was featured in the prestigious Richard and Judy Book Club, won the poll for the most popular book of autumn 2011, and the BBC is planning to make a film version. In September 2012, the second instalment, The Lewis Man, was released, followed in January 2013 by the final part of the trilogy, The Chessmen. Both books have remained on the charts and have been enthusiastically received by the world press, with rave reviews full of superlatives appearing in the most prestigious newspapers and their literary supplements.