Instead of writing a thesis, Denise Mina wrote a novel, Garnethill. While staying home, supposedly to write her thesis, the author in Denise Mina was born. There Denise Mina taught criminology and criminal law while at the same time trying to complete her thesis on the subject of mental illness for female offenders. Until at the age of 21 she passed exams and got to study law at Glasgow University. But like early years of moving from place to place, she continued to move from job to job. Denise Mina finally settled on auxiliary nursing. She has been everything from a barmaid to working in a meat factory.

She moved a total of 21 times in 18 years, all due to her father’s job as an engineer, which forced them to follow the North Sea oil boom in Europe of the 1970s.ĭenise Mina left school at the age of 16 and bounced around from job to job, each one providing very little pay. From there she moved time and time again, having to call a new city home yearly, if not less than that. Denise Mina is an author on a stage all her own.ĭenise Mina was born in Glasgow in 1966. It is not hard to like Denise Mina as a person or an author because her candor is top-notch, which can be seen from her many interviews. She has done everything from authoring fully fledged novels to short stories to documentaries to even writing for a comic book, Hellblazer. She could be considered a jack of all trades in the entertainment world, which can easily be seen through her extensive work in the field. Hellblazer, Volume 25: Another Season (By:Peter Milligan)ĭenise Mina is an author that wears many different hats. Hellblazer, Volume 24: Sectioned (By:Peter Milligan) Hellblazer, Volume 23 (By:Peter Milligan) Hellblazer, Volume 22 (By:Peter Milligan) Hellblazer, Volume 15: Highwater (By:Brian Azzarello)

Hellblazer, Volume 14: Good Intentions (By:Brian Azzarello) Hellblazer, Volume 13 (By:Paul Jenkins,Garth Ennis) 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell (By:Garth Ennis) Hellblazer, Volume 6: Bloodlines (By:Garth Ennis) 5: Dangerous Habits (By:Garth Ennis,Jamie Delano) The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By:John Connolly) The Last Honest Horse Thief (By:Michael Koryta) The Hemingway Valise (By:Robert Olen Butler) Reconciliation Day (By:Christopher Fowler) The Nature of My Inheritance (By:Bradford Morrow) The Book of Ghosts (By:Reed Farrel Coleman) The Long Sonata of the Dead (By:Andrew Taylor) Box)Īn Acceptable Sacrifice (By:Jeffery Deaver)ĭeath Leaves a Bookmark (By:William Link)

Garnethill by Denise Mina