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Muriel Gray (b. 1958) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Educated at the Glasgow School of Art, she went on to become Assistant Head of Design in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh. At the same time, she followed a parallel career as a member of the rock group The Von Trapp Family. With her trademark bleached hair and sharp wit, during the 1980s Gray became familiar as the post-punk presenter of a range of British television programs, including Channel 4’s late-night cult music show The Tube (1982) and The Media Show (1987–1989). She started her own TV production company, Gallus Besom, in 1989 and was responsible for such shows as Art Is Dead, Long Live TV (1991), and The Munro Show (1991). Her company Ideal World is now the biggest television production company in Scotland. In the mid-1990s, Gray re-invented herself again as a mother and successful horror novelist, whose books include The Trickster, Furnace, and The Ancient. The First Fifty is a nonfiction work from Mainstream Publishing. Known for her outspoken views, she writes regularly for various newspapers and became the first female Rector of the University of Edinburgh (1988–1991).