Denzil Meyrick Explained

Denzil Meyrick
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Birth Date:28 November 1965
Nationality:British
Genre:Crime fiction
Alma Mater:Paisley University

Denzil Meyrick (born 28 November 1965) is a Scottish bestselling novelist. Prior to that, he served as a police officer with Strathclyde Police then a manager with Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Argyll. Since 2012 Denzil Meyrick has worked as a writer of Scottish crime fiction novels.[1] He is also an executive director of media production company Houses of Steel.

Career

Denzil Meyrick was educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, Argyll and then completed tertiary education at the University of Paisley. He is an author and his main series of novels are eleven books of the Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Jim Daley crime thriller series, set in the fictitious town of 'Kinloch', which is modelled on Campbeltown.[2] Denzil Meyrick draws from experience during his twenties when he saw service as a police officer with Strathclyde Police. After his time there he followed a varied career, including the management of a distillery in Campbeltown. He had many diverse roles, ranging from the director of a large engineering company to freelance journalism in both print and on radio.

In 2012, his first crime fiction novel, Whisky From Small Glasses was published. It was the first of his DCI Daley series. This novel was reprinted in 2014 by Polygon, a division of Birlinn.[3] Following publication of that first story, Meyrick signed with Birlinn, where his next crime novels were published under the Polygon imprint.[4] [5] He is also published by HarperCollins Germany, and Aria in the United States.

Novels

Anthology and short stories

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Crime Thriller is Huge Success . . 31 October 2015 . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151031162248/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/crime-thriller-is-huge-success-2540235 . 31 October 2015 . dead.
  2. Web site: The beat cop who became a crime writer. Magnus. Bennett. BBC News. 2018-08-26. 2018-08-26. 26 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180826190346/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-44083005. live.
  3. Web site: Author Denzil Meyrick at Loch Fyne Gallery - Scottish Field. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031162438/http://www.scottishfield.co.uk/author-denzil-meyrick-at-loch-fyne-gallery/. dead. 31 October 2015. 31 October 2015. 5 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Denzil Meyrick :: Authors :: Birlinn Ltd.. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911085211/http://www.birlinn.co.uk/Denzil-Meyrick/. dead. 11 September 2015. 11 September 2015. 5 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Amazon.co.uk: Denzil Meyrick: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle. Amazon.co.uk. 5 January 2019. 12 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190112002204/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Denzil-Meyrick/e/B009AHH4JY. live.
  6. Web site: Books . store.denzilmeyrick.com . 6 May 2022 . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416170658/https://store.denzilmeyrick.com/collections/books . live .
  7. Web site: Denzil Meyrick | for Any Other Truth. 6 May 2022. 27 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210627225135/https://denzilmeyrick.com/book/for-any-other-truth/. live.
  8. Web site: The Death of Remembrance. 2 February 2024.
  9. Web site: No Sweet Sorrow. 2 February 2024.

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