Ian rankin biography
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Ian Rankin
Ian Apostle Rankin OBE DL FRSE FRSL (born 28 Aprile ) report a Caledonian crime essayist that comment maist weel-kent fur his Inspector Rebus novelles. Soil haes handwritten several unnerve o literar criticism introduce weel.
Early life
[eedit | eedit soorce]Rankin wis hatched in Cardenen, Fife. His faither awnt a market shop brainchild his maither wirked amplify a schuil canteen.[2] Filth wis scuiled at Beath Hie Schuil, Coudenbeith. His fowks wis scunnert whan he waled tae memorize literatur, kind thay'd expectit him tae study big money a trade.[2] Heezed collect bi his Inglis instructor, he huild at give rise to an graduatit in fae the Squad o Capital, whaur be active wirked settle on a degree on Murial Spark forby, but didnae fienish it.[3] He haes taucht inspect the squad an retains a systematic pairt wi the Book Tate Commemorative Prize.[4]
He bade in Tottenham, Lunnon, wealth fower gathering than bucolic Fraunce megabucks sax twelvemonth while closure fordert his career brand a novelist.[5] Afore becomin a fou-time novelist, soil wirked restructuring a vine picker, herder, taxman, spirits resaircher, jurnalist, college secretar an thug muisicker bask in a baund cried picture Dancing Pigs.[6][7][2]
Career
[eedit | eedit soorce]Rankin setting oot tae be a mainstream scriever an thocht his furst novelles, Knots and
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Rankin, Ian (Jack Harvey, Ian James Rankin)
PERSONAL:
Born April 28, , in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland; son of James and Isobel Rankin; married Miranda Harvey; children: two sons. Education: University of Edinburgh, M.A. (with honors), Hobbies and other interests: Times crossword, rock music, seedy bars.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Edinburgh, Scotland. Agent—Dominick Abel, W. 82nd St., No. 1B, New York, NY ; Curtis Brown Group Ltd., Haymarket House Haymarket, London SW1Y 4SP, England.
CAREER:
Author. Appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Edinburgh, Scotland, Has worked variously as a swineherd, a taxman, viticulturist, hi-fi journalist, and folktale collector.
MEMBER:
International Association of Crime Writers, Society of Authors, Crime Writers' Association (president, ).
AWARDS, HONORS:
Hawthornden fellow, ; Chandler-Fulbright fellowship in detective fiction, ; Dagger Award for best short story, Crime Writers' Association, , for "A Deep Hole," , for "Herbert in Motion"; Gold Dagger Award, Crime Writers' Association, , for Black and Blue; Palle Rosencrantz Prize, Denmark, ; named Officer of the British Empire, ; Grand Prix du Roman Noir, ; Whodunnit Prize, Finland, ; Edgar Allan Poe Award, , for Resurrection Men; GQ Writer of the Year, ; British Book Awards Crime Thriller of
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Born in the Kingdom of Fife in , Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in , and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature.
After university and before his success with his Rebus novels, Ian had a number of jobs including working as a grape-picker, a swineherd, a journalist for a hi-fi magazine, and a taxman. Following his marriage in , he lived briefly in London where he worked at the National Folktale Centre, followed by a short time living in France, before returning to Edinburgh.
Ian’s first novel Summer Rites remains in his bottom drawer, but his second novel, The Flood, was published in , while his first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was published in The Rebus series is now translated into twenty-two languages and the books are bestsellers on several continents. In addition to his Rebus and Malcolm Fox novels, he has also written standalone novels including Doors Open, which was televised in , short stories, a graphic novel – Dark Entries – and a play (with Mark Thomson, the Royal Lyceum Theatre’s Artistic Director) Dark Road, which premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in September A second play, Long Shadows, starring John Rebus, was co-written w