Manda Scott

Manda Scott (aka MC Scott) (born 1962) is a former veterinary surgeon who is now a writer. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland, she trained at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine and now lives and works in Shropshire. She made her name initially as a crime writer. Her first novel, Hen's Teeth, hailed by Fay Weldon as 'a new voice for a new world' was shortlisted for the 1997 Orange Prize. Her subsequent novels, Night Mares, Stronger than Death and No Good Deed, for which she was hailed as 'one of Britain's most important crime writers' by The Times, were published by Headline and are now published, along with all of her oeuvre, by Transworld Publishers, an imprint of Random House. She now writes both historical and contemporary thrillers. "The Boudica series" are her first historical novels. The more recent ROME series (written under the name MC Scott), beginning with The Emperor's Spy and culminating (so far) with The Art of War are spy thrillers, set in the same universe with some of the surviving characters from the Boudica series making a key part of the first book. Between the two major historical series, she wrote 'The Crystal Skull', a dual time line novel with a historical thread set in in the Tudor era and a contemporary thriller set in modern day Cambridge. She is working on a dual time line novel of Jeanne d'Arc.

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Works

Series

Kellen Stewart

1. Hen's Teeth (1997)
2. Night Mares (1998)
3. Stronger Than Death (1999)

The Boudica Series

1. Dreaming the Eagle (2003)
2. Dreaming the Bull (2004)
3. Dreaming the Hound (2005)
4. Dreaming the Serpent Spear (2006)

Rome

1. The Emperor's Spy (2010)
2. The Coming Of The King (June, 2011)
3. The Eagle Of The Twelfth (May 2012)
4. The Art of War (March 2013)

Stand-Alone Novels

• No Good Deed (2001)
• The Crystal Skull (2007)

Non-Fiction

• [2012:Everything You Need to Know about the Apocalypse]

Collections and anthologies containing stories by Manda Scott

• New English Library Book of Internet Stories (2000)
• Scottish Girls About Town: And Sixteen Other Scottish Women Authors (2003)
• Little Black Dress: An Anthology of Short Stories edited by Susie Maguire

Awards

• Shortlisted for the 1997 Orange Prize (Hen's Teeth)
• Nominee for the 2003 Edgar Award (No Good Deed)