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Bloody Scotland is a Scottish international crime writing festival, held annually in Stirling, Scotland. It was founded in 2012 by Tartan Noir writers Lin Anderson and Alex Gray and describes itself as "the literary festival where you can let down your hair and enjoy a drink at the bar with your favourite crime writer". Its sponsors include the University of Stirling and Stirling Council. In 2022 most events were held at the Albert Halls or the Tolbooth. The festival awards The McIlvanney Prize for "the best Scottish Crime book of the year" (so named in 2016 for writer William McIlvanney (1936-2015), who has been called "the Godfather of Tartan Noir"), and, since 2019, the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year. McIlvanney Prize winners 2012: Charles Cumming, A Foreign Country 2013: Malcolm Mackay, How a Gunman Says Goodbye 2014: Peter May, Entry Island 2015: Craig Russell, The Ghosts of Altona 2016: Chris Brookmyre, Black Widow 2017: Denise Mina, The Long Drop 2018: Liam McIlvanney (son of William McIlvanney),The Quaker 2019: Manda Scott, A Treachery of Spies (the winner chose to share the prize with the other shortlisted authors: Doug Johnstone, Denise Mina and Ambrose Parry) 2020: Francine Toon, Pine 2021: Craig Russell, Hyde 2022: Alan Parks, May God Forgive 2023: Callum McSorley, Squeaky Clean Scottish Crime Debut of the Year winners 2019: Claire Askew, All the Hidden Truths 2020: Deborah Masson, Hold Your Tongue 2021: Robbie Morrison, Edge of the Grave 2022: Tariq Ashkanani, Welcome to Cooper 2023: Kate Foster, The Maiden References External links Official website. Discover the Deborah Masson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Deborah Masson books.