In recent years McGrath has written crime novels, including a trilogy set in the Arctic with Inuit detective Edie Kiglatuk, and the standalone thriller Give Me the Child. As a book reviewer and travel writer, she has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent among other publications.[1] McGrath has taught creative writing at the universities of Roehampton University and North Carolina as well as at The Arvon Foundation. McGrath lives in London and on the Kent coast.[1]
Bibliography
Non fiction
1996 - Motel Nirvana Flamingo
1998 - Hard, Soft and Wet Flamingo
2002 - Silvertown, Fourth Estate
2006 - The Long Exile, Fourth Estate
2009 - Hopping, Fourth Estate
2018 - Pie & Mash down the Roman Road, Two Roads
Crime fiction
Edie Kiglatuk trilogy
2011 - White Heat, Mantle (as M.J. McGrath)
2012 - The Boy in the Snow, Mantle (as M.J. McGrath)
2014 - The Bone Seeker, Fourth Estate (as M.J. McGrath)
Standalone
2017 - Give Me the Child, HarperCollins (as Mel McGrath)
2019 - The Guilty Party, HarperCollin (as Mel McGrath)