The word is out: Val McDermid selects Britain's 10 most outstanding LGBTQ writers

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The word is out: Val McDermid selects Britain's 10 most outstanding LGBTQ writers
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The bestselling crime writer has nominated her favourite queer and trans authors and poets as part of a showcase celebrating the best in British writing

My first novel was published in 1987. It was the first British crime novel with a lesbian detective. The only route to publication was via an independent feminist publisher. Back then, there were a few radical bookshops that stocked titles like mine. But getting mainstream shops to stock it was an uphill struggle. Finding representations of queer lives took dedication and stubborn persistence.

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