Pat McIntosh is a

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writer of historical

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and

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Life and career

McIntosh was born and raised in

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, Scotland. Having begun to write at age seven, she credits the author who inspired her to write as "probably

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!" She lived and worked in

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for many years before moving to the west coast of Scotland. Prior to making her mark as an author, she worked as "a librarian, a receptionist for an alternative therapy centre, taught geology and palaeontology, ndtutored for the

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.""Pat McIntosh" (interview at Art of Detection website)
/ref> Her first success as a writer came with a string of fantasy short stories published in the series of ''

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'' anthologies in the late 1970s, but she is best known as the author of the Gilbert and Alys Cunningham series of historical mysteries set in medieval Scotland, beginning with ''The Harper's Quine'' in 2004. The books have been published by

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in the United Kingdom and

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in the United States.

Bibliography

Gilbert and Alys Cunningham mysteries

#''The Harper's Quine'' (2004) #''The Nicholas Feast'' (2005) #''The Merchant's Mark'' (2006) #''St. Mungo's Robin'' (2006) #''The Rough Collier'' (2008) #''The Stolen Voice'' (2009) #''A Pig of Cold Poison'' (2010) #''The Counterfeit Madam'' (2011) #''The Fourth Crow'' (2012) #''The King's Corrodian'' (2013) #''The Lanimer Bride'' (2016)

Short stories

*"Falcon's Mate" (1974) *"Cry Wolf" (1975) *"Ring of Black Stone" (1976) *"The Cloak of Dreams" (1978) *"Child of Air" (1979)

References

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* Scottish mystery writers Scottish fantasy writers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Scottish women writers British short story writers British women mystery writers British women science fiction and fantasy writers {{scotland-writer-stub