Catherine Aird

Catherine Aird is the pen name of English author Kinn Hamilton McIntosh, who writes crime fiction novels. She is the author of the Sloan and Crosby series (aka The Calleshire Chronicles), which is the series that almost all of her novels belong to. Aird was born in Yorkshire, England, where she attended Waverley School and Greenhead High School. She served as Chair of the Crime Writers’ Assocation for 1990-91 and a Member of the Order of the British Empire due to her work with the Girl Guides. Catherine lives in a village near Canterbury, Kent, England, where she enjoys the village life. Catherine Aird made her debut as a published novelist in 1966 with the novel The Religious Body. Since that time, she had written over 20 novels. Below is a list of Catherine Aird’s books in order of when they were originally published: Note: The Complete Steel was later re-titled The Stately Home Murder.