T. Frank Muir is a Scottish author who is well-known for his crime fiction novels. He writes the DI Andy Gilchrist series, which has gained popularity and critical acclaim. From a young age, Muir had a desire to explore the world beyond his home in Campsie Fells. After graduating from university, he had already accumulated a number of jobs that equaled the bends of the River Clyde. This experience of working overseas for twenty-five years gave him a newfound appreciation for his home country, Scotland.\n \nMuir is a dual citizen of the UK and USA, and spends his time traveling between Glasgow, Scotland and Richmond, Virginia. He conducts research for his next novel in local pubs and restaurants. His writing style is gritty and reminiscent of the hard-boiled classics, and he has a reputation for creating suspenseful and intriguing police procedural thrillers. His work is highly respected in the industry, and he has become a well-known figure in the crime fiction genre.
Muir's work is published under the pen-name T.F. Muir in the United Kingdom and T. Frank Muir in the United States. He is the author of the best-selling contemporary crime series set in St. Andrews, Scotland, featuring DCI Andy Gilchrist. The first book in the series, Eye for an Eye, won the Scottish Association of Writers' Pitlochry Award in 2004 for the best crime novel by an unpublished writer.
Born in Scotland, Muir had a strong desire to see the world from a young age. He had a variety of jobs before settling into his writing career, including bartender, farmhand, postman, laundry van driver, lumberjack, labourer, surveyor, and many others. His thirty-plus years of living and working overseas helped him appreciate the raw beauty of his home country. Now a dual US/UK citizen, Muir lives with his wife in the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland, and can often be found in the local pubs and restaurants of St. Andrews, researching his next novel.