Oscar de Muriel
Born in Mexico City, Oscar de Muriel is a writer, translator, historian, violinist and doctor of Chemical Engineering. His Scotland-set Frey & McGray series of Victorian mysteries has sold nearly 300k units and been translated into five languages. He has been longlisted for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year and shortlisted for the HWA’s Gold Crown Award and Capital Crime’s Audiobook of the Year. When not writing, he also paints.
De Muriel is currently at work, in collaboration with director of the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museums Hilda Trujillo, on a book titled Inside the Home of Frida Kahlo: The Blue House, to be published in 2026 by Thames & Husdon (World all languages).