Born 1951, in York, England. Education: University of Dundee, M.A., 1974. Addresses: Home: Edinburgh, Scotland.

NOVELS

• Behind the Scenes at the Museum, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1996.
• Human Croquet, Picador (New York, NY), 1997.
• Emotionally Weird, Picador (New York, NY), 2000.

• Case Histories, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004.
• One Good Turn, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2006, published as One Good Turn: A Jolly Murder Mystery, Doubleday (London, England), 2006.
• When Will There Be Good News?, Little Brown (New York, NY), 2008.

• Nice (play), produced in Edinburgh, Scotland, at Traverse Theatre, 1996.
• Abandonment (play; adapted from the British version by director Kit Thacker, produced in Edinburgh, Scotland, at Traverse Theater, 2000; produced in New York at Sanford Meisner Theater, 2005), Nick Hearn Books (London, England), 2000.
• Not the End of the World: Stories, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 2002.