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Marion Todd

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Local authority: Fife
Languages: English
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Marion is a native of Dundee where she worked for many years as a college lecturer, a candle-maker and a hotel lounge pianist. She is the author of the DI Clare Mackay crime series set in St Andrews. The first of these, See Them Run was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut Novel of the year in 2020 and the latest, Dead Man’s Shoes, was published in January 2025. Marion now lives in North-east Fife.

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Chairing events; Panel event; Reading; Talk

Audience will work with

Adult learners

Topics of work

Contemporary fiction; Crime fiction; Editing & editing your own work; Mystery & thriller; Publishing & getting published

Age groups published for

Adults

Age groups will work with

0-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-11; 12-14; 15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+