sentences:  The Scottish crime writer Val McDermid (born 1955) lived in the city for many years and set her Lindsay Gordon and Kate Brannigan series in Manchester.Jeff Noon (born in Droylsden in 1957) set his early novels, including "Vurt", in a future dystopian Manchester.Nicholas Blincoe set his first three novels in Manchester, including "Acid Casuals" (1995), based around the Haçienda nightclub and "Manchester Slingback" (1998), focusing on the Gay Village.