Graeme Macrae Burnet
Graeme Macrae Burnet is a Scottish writer born in October 1967 in Kilmarnock. He studied English Literature at Glasgow University and later pursued an M.Litt in International Security Studies at St Andrews University. Before fully devoting himself to writing, Burnet taught in France, the Czech Republic, and Portugal. He has also worked in television.
Burnet's first novel, The Disappearance of Adรจle Bedeau, is a literary crime novel set in a small town in France. This debut earned him the Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award in 2013. His second novel, His Bloody Project (2015), which revolves around the murder of a village birleyman in nineteenth-century Wester Ross, was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. In 2017, Burnet was named Author of the Year at the Sunday Herald Culture Awards.
His works often experiment with genres, and they have been described as "false true crime" by The Guardian. Burnet has also written articles for publications such as The Guardian, The Observer, and Le Monde.
His recent novel, Case Study (2021), was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022. Burnet's books have been published in over 20 languages, reflecting his international acclaim.
