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Alex Gray (born 27 May 1950) is a Scottish crime writer. She has published 19 novels, all set around Glasgow and featuring the character of Detective Chief Inspector Lorimer and his psychological profiler Solomon Brightman, the earlier novels being published by Canongate and Allison & Busby and later books by Little Brown. She has also published magazine articles, poetry and short stories as well as stories for BBC radio schools programmes.

Alex Gray
Alex Gray (2007)
BornSandra Lang
(1950-05-27) 27 May 1950 (age 72)
Glasgow
Pen nameAlex Gray
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
GenreCrime fiction
Website
www.alexgrayauthor.co.uk

Biography


Alex Gray (pen name: née Sandra Lang) was brought up in the Craigbank area of Glasgow and attended Hutchesons' Grammar School. Her father was a telecommunications engineer and her mother, originally from Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, was a telephone exchange operator. She studied English and Philosophy[1] at Strathclyde University and was a founding member of Battlefield Band.[2] She worked for a period in the Department of Health & Social Security,[3] before training as an English teacher. In 1976, she lived in Rhodesia for three months, during which time she married. Thereafter, she continued teaching in Scotland until the 1990s, when she began to write full-time. Gray is a member of the Femmes Fatales crime writing trio, together with Alanna Knight and Lin Anderson. She is the co-founder with Anderson of Bloody Scotland, Scotland's first international crime writing festival, which takes place in Stirling.[4] Gray has a son and a daughter; she lives with her husband in Renfrewshire.[citation needed]

Gray has published 19 novels in the Lorimer series.


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References


  1. "The Official Gateway to Scotland - Scotland is Now". Scotland.
  2. "Sir Billy Connolly joins me in Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame: I'm a founder member of The Battlefield Band". Twitter. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. "Biography". Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  4. "Upcoming Events | Alex Gray Presents: New Crimes | Bloody Scotland". bloodyscotland.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.





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