Callum McSorley

Literary Agent: Emily MacDonald

Callum McSorley is an author based in Glasgow. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 2013 with a degree in English, Journalism & Creative Writing and in 2014 was selected for the Hermann Kesten Writing Scholarship in Nuremberg. Since then, his short stories have appeared in Gutter Magazine, Monstrous Regiment, and Shoreline of Infinity among others. He was shortlisted for The Big Issue Crime Writing Competition in 2019. His debut thriller, SQUEAKY CLEAN, was published by Pushkin Vertigo in March 2023, and won the prestigious McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish Crime Book of the Year. The sequel, PAPERBOY, will be published in 2025.

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