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Val McDermid has been named as the recipient of this year's Crime Writers Association (CWA) Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, which honours outstanding achievement in the field of crime writing.
McDermid was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the ITV3 Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, whose partners include the CWA, in October. She will receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award at a ceremony yet to be confirmed.
McDermid said: "I'm delighted to be admitted to this very select group of crime writers. To be awarded the CWA Carter Diamond Dagger is a distinction every writer dreams of.
"It's been an amazing 12 months—inducted into the Hall of Fame, elected to an Honorary Fellowship at St Hilda's College, Oxford and now the Diamond Dagger. But my readers can be reassured about one thing—I'm not going to rest on my laurels.
"There are still plenty of mountains for me to climb."
Margaret Murphy, chair of the CWA, said: "Val McDermid is a worthy winner whose work has entertained and thrilled millions of readers as well as many more who have enjoyed the TV adaptations her books have inspired."
McDermid's latest novel, Fever of the Bone, will be released in paperback by Little, Brown on 18th February.