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Valarie McDermid (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer of more than 30 novels. Her work is considered part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir, and is known for uncompromising depictions of violence. Her books have received numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award.
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The extracted context around Val McDermid shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Val McDermid → British Council, February, Fife, Guardian, Jane Graham, June, LiteratureVal McDermid, McDermid, Official, The Big Issue, There Another extracted example is Val McDermid → (1955-06-04) 4 June 1955 (age 71) Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 17 structured relationships around Val McDermid. Examples in this analysis include Val McDermid → Born → (1955-06-04) 4 June 1955 (age 71) Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland and Val McDermid → Education → St Hilda's College, Oxford. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val McDermid | Born | (1955-06-04) 4 June 1955 (age 71) Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | 1.00 | infobox |
| Val McDermid | Education | St Hilda's College, Oxford | 1.00 | infobox |
| Val McDermid | Genre | Crime fiction | 1.00 | infobox |
| Val McDermid | Occupation | Writer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Val McDermid | Spouse | Jo Sharp (m. 2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Val McDermid | Website | www.valmcdermid.com | 1.00 | infobox |
| Val McDermid | related to External links | Official | 0.60 | section |
| Val McDermid | related to External links | McDermid | 0.60 | section |
| Val McDermid | related to External links | British Council | 0.60 | section |
| Val McDermid | related to External links | LiteratureVal McDermid | 0.60 | section |
| Val McDermid | related to External links | Guardian | 0.60 | section |
| Val McDermid | related to External links | June | 0.60 | section |
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For Val McDermid, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Val McDermid with Published works. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Val McDermid to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Politics, Career & Literary Connections, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Val McDermid · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout