Peter May
Peter May (born 20 December 1951; died 25 September 2026) was a Peter May studied at Eastwood High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is literary activity, thriller and detective literature.
Peter May
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- Born
- 1951 · Glasgow.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · France
- Occupation
- journalist · writer · screenwriter · novelist · film producer · playwright
- Fields
- literary activity · thriller · detective literature · journalism
- Education
- Eastwood High School
- Honours
- Dagger in the Library · Barry Award for Best Novel · Trophées 813 · Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
- Languages
- English
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Peter May (born 20 December 1951; died 25 September 2026) was a Peter May studied at Eastwood High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is literary activity, thriller and detective literature.
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Life and work
Life and work
May worked between 1951 and 2026 across journalist, writer, screenwriter, novelist and film producer and 2 further recorded occupations. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Peter May studied at Eastwood High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is literary activity, thriller and detective literature. Distinctions recorded are Dagger in the Library, Barry Award for Best Novel, Trophées 813 and Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
Peter May was born on 20 December 1951 in Glasgow. May held the nationality of United Kingdom and France. May was educated at Eastwood High School. Married to: Janice Hally. May worked as journalist, writer, screenwriter and novelist, and the authority record catalogues a further 3 occupations under the same name, among them film producer, playwright and television writer. May was active from 1971. May worked in English.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1951–2026
The full dated record · 10 entries
1951
Peter May was born on 20 December 1951.
2013
Receives Barry Award for Best Novel.
2015
Receives Trophées 813.
2015
Peter May received Trophées 813 in 2015.
2021
Receives Dagger in the Library.
2021
Peter May received Dagger in the Library in 2021.
2025
Receives Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
2025
Peter May received Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 2025.
2026
Dies at Lot.
2026
Peter May died 25 September 2026.
Works, 2000–2020
Catalogued output
Works, 2000–2020
These are texts written by the subject, distinct both from writings about the subject and from printed editions of other people's work. 7 works carry dates between 2000 and 2020. The 2010s are the densest part of the run, with 4 titles, and that concentration is a fact about what the registers have catalogued rather than a judgement on the work itself. They belong to a run of 8 titles in all, from 2000 to 2020.
The run opens with The Fourth Sacrifice and closes with Lockdown
The Fourth Sacrifice
2000
The Killing Room
2001
The Blackhouse
2011
The Lewis Man
2012
The Chessmen
2012
Coffin Road
2016
Lockdown
2020
Works without a settled date
Catalogued output
Works without a settled date
1 further work are catalogued under May's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it.
Catalogued output
Books and published writings
These are catalogued publications carrying the name — editions and printings, distinct from the works they contain and from writing about the subject. A selection is set out below and the complete run may be opened beneath it.
48 editions carry dates between 1978 and 2021
The run opens with The reporter and closes with The Night Gate
The entries follow Open Library
The reporter
1978
Hidden faces
1981
The noble path
1992
The big three
1994
The firemaker
1999
Snakehead
2002
Das rote Zeichen
2002
Chinesisches Feuer
2002
Tod in Shanghai
2003
The complete catalogue · 44
48 editions carry dates between 1978 and 2021
The run opens with The reporter and closes with The Night Gate
The entries follow Open Library
The reporter
1978
Hidden faces
1981
The noble path
1992
The big three
1994
The firemaker
1999
Snakehead
2002
Das rote Zeichen
2002
Chinesisches Feuer
2002
Tod in Shanghai
2003
The runner
2003
De moordkamer
2004
Chinese Whispers
2004
De slangenkop
2005
De rivaal
2006
Extraordinary people
2006
De seriemoordenaar
2007
The Critic
2007
Cadavres Chinois a Houston
2007
A vintage corpse
2007
Blacklight Blue
2008
Freeze Frame
2010
Dry Bones
2010
Virtually dead
2010
Cambridge first certificate trainer
2010
Blowback
2011
Die Katakomben von Paris
2011
Das Grab im Weinberg
2011
Entry Island
2013
Runaway
2015
Hebrides
2015
Beim Leben deines Bruders
2016
L' île du serment
2016
Der ewige Schlaf
2017
Moorbruch
2017
Cast iron
2017
I'll keep you safe
2018
The man with no face
2019
Rendez-vous à Gibraltar
2020
A silent death
2020
Enemigo invisible
2020
The Night Gate
2021
Where the work is held
Honours and awards
They run from 2013 to 2025.
4 honours stand against the name
Barry Award for Best Novel
2013
Trophées 813
2015
Dagger in the Library
2021
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
2025
Authority records
References
Citations
References
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institutional register
Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 141201357Bibliothèque nationale de France
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
GND (German National Library) authority file 124822576GND (German National Library)
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
IdRef (French universities) authority file 112621481IdRef (French universities)
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Library of Congress authority file n81002281Library of Congress
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
National Library of Australia authority file 36123910National Library of Australia
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Secondary witness
Every cited source · 9
- 01
Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 141201357
institutional register · General reference · Bibliothèque nationale de France
Consult the source - 02
GND (German National Library) authority file 124822576
institutional register · General reference · GND (German National Library)
Consult the source - 03
IdRef (French universities) authority file 112621481
institutional register · General reference · IdRef (French universities)
Consult the source - 04
ISNI authority file 0000000121485455
institutional register · General reference · ISNI
Consult the source - 05
Library of Congress authority file n81002281
institutional register · General reference · Library of Congress
Consult the source - 06
MusicBrainz artist authority
institutional register · General reference · MusicBrainz
Consult the source - 07
National Library of Australia authority file 36123910
institutional register · General reference · National Library of Australia
Consult the source - 08
- 09
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1743290: Peter May
institutional register · General reference · Wikimedia Foundation
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People, houses and institutions
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Distinctions
1- Dagger in the LibraryTerminology
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Peter May received Dagger in the Library, Barry Award for Best Novel, Trophées 813 and Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Connected to 4 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Within the Encyclopedia
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