Scott McBain

Scott McBain (born June 1960 in Stirling , Scotland ) is the pseudonym of a Scottish author who has already written several successful novels. Scott McBain lived in Girvan , a town on the west coast of Scotland, until 1969 and after his parents divorced he moved to England, where he also received his education.

He completed a law degree at the Peterhouse in Cambridge and completed another four years as a post-graduate level student from 1978 to 1982. He received a Fulbright Commission scholarship from 1986 to 1987 and studied at Harvard University from 1986 to 1987.

McBain is described in the various sources as fond of traveling, he is said to have visited Albania , Mongolia and North Korea , among others . Furthermore, he has either lived or visited many of the countries named and / or described in his books ( Panama , 1982–84; Beijing , China , 1982–84). Scott McBain currently lives in Panama and is married to a local.

Works

• The Mastership Game . HarperCollins, London 2000, ISBN 0-0065-1339-5 .
  • German: The secret box. Mystery thriller . Knaur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-63590-2 (EA Munich 2003)
• The Coins of Judas . HarperCollins, London 2001, ISBN 0-0022-6120-0 .
  • German: The curse of Judas. Novel . Droemer Knaur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-426-62476-0 (EA Munich 2001).
• The final solution .
  • German: The master code. Thriller . Droemer Knaur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-426-62902-X .
• To speak of angels .
  • German: The Judas poison. Thriller . Knaur-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-63747-0 .
• The Serpent And The Minotaur .
  • German: The Nemesis game . Knaur-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-426-50566-3 .
• Journey into glory .
  • German: The Judas conspiracy . Knaur-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-51230-2 .

literature

• Julia Hachtel: The development of the “ anti-utopia ” genre . Aldous Huxley , Margaret Atwood , Scott McBain and the film " The Lives of Others " (Literature and Media; Vol. 3). Tectum-Verlag, Marburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-828-89397-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Scott McBain in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://www.authortracker.ca/author.asp?a=authorid&b=uk_3808 (engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Until now (February 2015) neither at HarperCollins nor anywhere else.