Mick Herron

Mick Herron (born 11 July 1963) is a British mystery and thriller novelist, winner of the Crime Writers' Association 2013 Gold Dagger award for Dead Lions.

Mick Herron at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh

Early life

Herron was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he earned a degree in English.[1][2][3]

Career

In 2003, he published his first novel, Down Cemetery Road. It was the first volume in a series about Zoë Boehm, an Oxford private detective.

Location of the fictional Slough House (Aldersgate Street, London)

In 2010, with Slow Horses, he began a spy series, entitled Slough House, featuring MI5 agents who have been exiled from the mainstream for various offenses. With the second volume in this series, Dead Lions, published in 2013, he won the Crime Writers' Association 2013 Gold Dagger award.[2] Herron has stated that the lead character, Jackson Lamb, has been influenced by Reginald Hill's Andy Dalziel.[4][5]

Slow Horses was published by Constable in 2003, but the firm declined the opportunity to publish the next book in the series in the United Kingdom due to disappointing sales of the book. Soho published the Slough House novels in the United States, and John Murray started republishing the series in the UK from 2015.[6] In 2021, it was reported the Apple TV were filming Slow Horses, with Gary Oldman playing Jackson Lamb.[3]

His short stories are regularly published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and are collected in the book, All the Livelong Day, published in 2013.

Bibliography

Zoë Boehm series
  • Down Cemetery Road (2003)
  • The Last Voice You Hear (2004)
  • Why We Die (2006)
  • Smoke and Whispers (2009)

The Slough House series (Jackson Lamb)
  • Slow Horses (2010)
  • Dead Lions (2013)
  • The List (2015 novella)
  • Real Tigers (2016)
  • Spook Street (2017)[7]
  • London Rules (2018)
  • The Drop (US title: "The Marylebone Drop") (2018 novella)
  • Joe Country (2019)
  • The Catch (2020 novella)
  • Slough House (2021)

Stand alone novels
  • Reconstruction (2008)
  • Nobody Walks (2015)
  • This Is What Happened (2018)

Although not part of the Slough House Series, Nobody Walks uses some of the same characters, and in story terms comes after The List and before Spook Street.

Awards
  • Joint winner, Ellery Queen Readers Award 2009, Dolphin Junction
  • Longlisted for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2010, Slow Horses
  • Shortlisted for Barry Award 2014, for best thriller, Dead Lions
  • Shortlisted for Macavity Prize, 2014, for best novel, Dead Lions
  • Winner, CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel 2013, Dead Lions
  • Shortlisted for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2015, Nobody Walks
  • Shortlisted for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2016, Real Tigers
  • Shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel 2016, Real Tigers
  • Winner, Last Laugh Award, 2017, Real Tigers
  • Shortlisted, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2017, Real Tigers
  • Shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel 2017, Spook Street
  • Winner, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2017, Spook Street
  • Shortlisted, British Book Awards, Crime and Thriller Book of the Year 2018, Spook Street
  • Shortlisted for Barry Award 2018, for best thriller, Spook Street
  • Shortlisted, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2018, Spook Street
  • Winner, Last Laugh Award, 2018, Spook Street
  • Shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel 2018, London Rules
  • Shortlisted for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2018, London Rules
  • Shortlisted, Last Laugh Award, 2019, London Rules
  • Shortlisted for Barry Award 2019, for best thriller, London Rules
  • Shortlisted, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2019, London Rules
  • Winner, Capital Crime Best Thriller Award 2019, London Rules
  • Shortlisted, Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2020, Joe Country[8]
  • Shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel 2020, Joe Country[9]

Personal life

Herron lives in Oxford.[2] He enjoys playing squash.[10]

References
  1. "Mick Herron (Author of Slow Horses)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  2. "Dead Lions — The Crime Writers' Association". Thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  3. Higgins, Charlotte (2021-01-15). "Mick Herron: 'I look at Jackson Lamb and think: My God, did I write that? My mother reads this stuff!'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  4. Mick Herron. "Crime writer Mick Herron: 'I don't know my hero's backstory yet' | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  5. "If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers". Spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  6. Nicol, Patricia (4 February 2018). "the UK's new spy master". The Sunday Times. London. pp. 20–21.
  7. "Mick Herron". Mick Herron. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  8. "Harper, McKinty shortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier crime award". Books+Publishing. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  9. "Robotham shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger". Books+Publishing. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  10. "10 Questions with Mick Herron |". Ethanjonesbooks.wordpress.com. 2013-05-07. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
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