Q & A with author Liam McIlvanney

Liam McIlvanney is an academic and crime novelist. His first novel, All the Colours of the Town, was shortlisted for the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Fiction Award in 2010. His second novel, Where the Dead Men Go, won the 2014 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best New Zealand Crime Novel. His third novel, The Quaker, was a Times bestseller in the UK, won the 2018 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Award and also for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Award.

His most recent novel, The Heretic, was shortlisted for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award and longlisted for the Theakston’s Award. At this event he'll mainly be discussing his latest novel, The Good Father, a psychological thriller set on the Ayrshire coast.