Marion Arnott

Marion Arnott is a Scottish mystery, science fiction and fantasy writer. Arnott also works as an English and history secondary school teacher at St Andrew's Academy in Paisley, Renfrewshire.[1][2]

She won the Crime Writers' Association Short Dagger Award in 2001[3] with Prussian Snowdrops which focuses on a journalist who is sent to a remote part of Germany by the Nazis after making fun of the regime.[1] She was also shortlisted for the award in 2002 for her short story Marbles, and in 2003 for Dollface.[4]

Her fantasy short story, The Little Drummer Boy, was nominated for the 2007 British Fantasy Award for best short fiction.[5] The story focuses on Francis, a boy who is routinely beaten by his father, who discovers he can leave his own body at will and enter other people's.[6]

References

1. "Teacher's stab at crime fiction wins £1,500 award". www.scotsman.com. 17 November 2001. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
2. Young writer hopes to win top competition, Daily Record, 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2022
3. "Winners archive — The Crime Writers' Association". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
4. Sobin, Roger M. (2011). The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians. Poisoned Pen Press Inc. p. 113. ISBN 9781615952038.
5. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 British Fantasy Awards". Locus. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
6. "Extended Play: the Elastic Book of Music, Gary Couzens (ed.)". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

External links

• Personal Website