Allan Guthrie


Allan Guthrie in Italy (2012)

Allan Guthrie (born Allan Buchan[1] 5 June 1965)[2] is a Scottish literary agent, author and editor of crime fiction. He was born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life. His first novel, Two-Way Split, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, and it won the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2007. His second novel, Kiss Her Goodbye, was nominated for an Edgar Award, an Anthony Award, and a Gumshoe Award.

Guthrie is part of a literary circle that includes Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Jason Starr.

Guthrie's books are published by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Limited.

Novels

Novellas

Available in ebook format

and released in ebook format in Summer 2011

Available in ebook format 1 September 2011

Prizes and awards

Digital Publishing

Allan Guthrie at the 2012 Turin International Book Fair

On 1 November 2011, Allan Guthrie together with serial entrepreneur Kyle MacRae, launched Blasted Heath, the first digital-only Scottish publisher. All Blasted Heath ebooks are free from digital rights management (DRM) and are supplied in three file formats to ensure compatibility with all current ebook readers.

Prc works on the Kindle, EPUB with virtually all other readers, including Nook and Sony and PDF for computers and smartphones.

The opening line-up of Blasted Heath titles included three crime novels by Ray Banks, Douglas Lindsay and Anthony Neil Smith. Also two debut novels, a cyber-thriller by Gary Carson and a novel for film lovers by movie critic Brian Pendreigh, are also available to buy.

References

  1. "The 2001 CWA Debut Dagger". The Crime Writers' Association. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  2. "My Edinburgh: Allan Guthrie". The Scotsman. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

^ "Scots Author turns back on print to push ebooks". The Daily Record, 1 November 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

External links

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