Craig Russell:

– won the 2021 McIlvanney Prize for ‘Hyde’, making him the only author in the award’s history to have won it twice

– won the 2015 McIlvanney Prize for ‘The Ghosts of Altona’

– won the 2008 CWA Dagger in the Library

– was a finalist for the 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for ‘The Devil Aspect’

– was a finalist for the 2017 McIlvanney Prize for ‘The Quiet Death of Thomas Quaid’

– was a finalist for the 2013 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger

– was a finalist for the 2012 Crime Book of the Year (McIlvanney Prize)

– was a finalist for the 2007 CWA Duncan Lawrie Golden Dagger

– was a finalist for the 2007 SNCF Prix Polar in France

– is the only non-German to be awarded the highly prestigious Polizeistern by the Polizei Hamburg.