Catherine Aird

Catherine Aird (born 1930) is the pseudonym of author Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and is the author of more than twenty crime fiction novels and story collections. [ [http://www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/aird.html Rue Morgue Press: Aird] 2008 ] ]

Biography

Aird is creator of the "Sloan and Crosby" novels, set in the CID department of Berebury, West Calleshire, England. She served as Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association from 1990-91. She holds an honorary M. A. from the University of Kent and received the M.B.E. for her services to the Girl Guide Association. She lives in England.

Apart from writing the successful "Chronicles of Calleshire" she has also written and edited a series of village histories and is active in village life. She is also an editor and contributing author on works regarding other writers and the art of writing.

Bibliography

Novels

* "The Religious Body" (1966)
* "A Most Contagious Game" (1967)
* "Henrietta Who" (1968)
* "The Complete Steel" (1969)
* "A Late Phoenix" (1970)
* "His Burial Too" (1973)
* "Slight Mourning" (1975)
* "Parting Breath" (1977)
* "Some Die Eloquent" (1979)
* "Passing Strange" (1980)
* "Last Respects" (1982)
* "Harm's Way" (1984)
* "A Dead Liberty" (1986)
* "The Body Politic" (1990)
* "A Going Concern" (1993)
* "Injury Time" (1994)
* "After Effects" (1996)
* "Stiff News" (1998)
* "Little Knell" (2001)
* "Amendment of Life" (2003)
* "Chapter and Hearse" (2004)
* "A Hole in One" (2005)
* "Losing Ground" (2007)

Collections

* "The Catherine Aird Collection" (1993)
* "The Second Catherine Aird Collection" (1994)
* "The Third Catherine Aird Collection" (1997)

hort stories

* "Grave Import" (1996)
* "Like To Die" (?)
* "Handsel Monday" (1998)
* "The Man Who Rowed for the Shore" (1998)
* "Gold Frankincemse and Murder" (?)
* "Cold Comfort" (2001)

Non-fiction

* "The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing" (1999)
* "Mystery Voices: Interviews with British Crime Writers" (1991)

References

External links

* [http://www.catherineaird.com/ Official website]