Graeme Macrae Burnet is a highly regarded Scottish author, known for his literary crime novels. Born in Kilmarnock in 1967, he studied English Literature at Glasgow University before spending several years teaching in various countries including France, the Czech Republic, and Portugal. He later pursued a Master of Letters in International Security Studies at St Andrews University and worked in television before turning to writing.
Burnet's debut novel, "The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau" (2014), is set in a small town in France and features the downtrodden Inspector Georges Gorski. This was followed by "His Bloody Project" (2015), a novel that revolves around the murder of a village birleyman in nineteenth century Wester Ross. "His Bloody Project" was shortlisted for the 2016 Booker Prize and the LA Times Book Awards, and won the Saltire Prize for Fiction. It has been published in twenty languages around the world to great acclaim.
Burnet's latest novel, "Case Study" (2022), is set in London, 1965, and tells the story of a young woman who believes that a radical psychotherapist called Collins Braithwaite has driven her sister to suicide. The novel has been longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Ned Kelly International Crime Prize, and longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. Hannah Kent, author of "Burial Rites", has described it as "a novel of mind-bending brilliance." Burnet's works are known for their fiendishly readable style, blending elements of crime and literature to great effect. He currently resides in Glasgow and can be found on Twitter at @GMacraeBurnet.