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Mick Herron is a British mystery and thriller novelist, winner of the Crime Writers' Association 2013 Gold Dagger award for Dead Lions.

Mick Herron at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
Mick Herron at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh


Early life


Herron was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he earned a degree in English.[1][2][3]


Career


In 2003, he published his first novel, Down Cemetery Road. It was the first volume in a series about Zoë Boehm, an Oxford private detective.

Location of the fictional Slough House (Aldersgate Street, London)
Location of the fictional Slough House (Aldersgate Street, London)

In 2010, with Slow Horses, he began a spy series, entitled Slough House, featuring MI5 agents who have been exiled from the mainstream for various offences. With the second volume in this series, Dead Lions, published in 2013, he won the Crime Writers' Association 2013 Gold Dagger award.[2] Herron has stated that the lead character, Jackson Lamb, was influenced by Reginald Hill's Andy Dalziel.[4][5]

Slow Horses was published by Constable in 2010, but the firm declined the opportunity to publish the next book in the series in the United Kingdom due to disappointing sales of its predecessor. Soho published the Slough House novels in the United States, and John Murray started republishing the series in the UK from 2015.[6]

His short stories are regularly published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and are collected in the book, All the Livelong Day, published in 2013.


Bibliography



Zoë Boehm series



The Slough House series (Jackson Lamb)



Standalone novels


Although not part of the Slough House series, Reconstruction and Nobody Walks use some of the same characters. In story terms, Reconstruction is set before Slow Horses, whereas Nobody Walks comes after The List and before Spook Street.


Short story collections


Featuring five standalone crime fiction stories complemented by four mystery stories featuring Zoë Boehm and Joe Silvermann. The collection also includes tales with Jackson Lamb of Slough House.[8]

The Collected Slough House Novellas


Adaptations


Slow Horses, Herron's first novel in the Slough House series, was adapted as a limited series for television as Slow Horses[3] and streamed on AppleTV+ beginning April 1, 2022. Dead Lions was optioned and filmed at the same time, and the first episode of its adaptation will appear as episode 1 of Slow Horses season 2 on December 2, 2022.[9] It was announced in June 2022 that Real Tigers and Spook Street had also been optioned for adaptations as limited series.[10]


Awards



Personal life


Herron lives in Oxford.[2] He enjoys playing squash.[13]


References


  1. "Mick Herron (Author of Slow Horses)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. "Dead Lions — The Crime Writers' Association". Thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. Higgins, Charlotte (15 January 2021). "Mick Herron: 'I look at Jackson Lamb and think: My God, did I write that? My mother reads this stuff!'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Mick Herron. "Crime writer Mick Herron: 'I don't know my hero's backstory yet' | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  5. "If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers". Spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  6. Nicol, Patricia (4 February 2018). "the UK's new spy master". The Sunday Times. London. pp. 20–21.
  7. "Mick Herron". Mick Herron. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  8. "Dolphin Junction: Stories by Mick Herron: 9781641293020 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. "Apple's hit espionage drama "Slow Horses" debuts season two trailer". Apple.com. 19 October 2022.
  10. "'Slow Horses' Renewed Through Season 4 at Apple TV+". The Hollywood Reporter. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  11. "Harper, McKinty shortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier crime award". Books+Publishing. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  12. "Robotham shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger". Books+Publishing. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  13. "10 Questions with Mick Herron |". Ethanjonesbooks.wordpress.com. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2016.




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