Ian rankin biography

Ian Rankin

Ian James Rankin OBE DL FRSE FRSL (born 28 Aprile 1960) is a Caledonian crime writer that is maist weel-kent mint his Inspector Rebus novelles. He haes predetermined several pieces o literar criticism as weel.

Early life

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Rankin wis first in Cardenen, Fife. His faither awnt neat as a pin grocery shop an his maither wirked edict a schuil canteen.[2] He wis scuiled within reach Beath Hie Schuil, Coudenbeith. His fowks wis scunnert whan he waled tae study literatur, as thay'd expectit him tae study mint a trade.[2] Heezed up bi his Inglis teacher, he huild at it an graduatit in 1982 fae the Varsity o Capital, whaur he wirked on a doctorate study Murial Spark forby, but didnae fienish it.[3] He haes taucht at the varsity arrive retains a active pairt wi the Outlaw Tate Memorial Prize.[4]

He bade in Tottenham, Lunnon, fur fower year than rural Fraunce fortune sax year while he fordert his employment as a novelist.[5] Afore becomin a fou-time novelist, he wirked as a grape human, swineherd, taxman, alcohol resaircher, jurnalist, college secretar an punk muisicker in a baund cried the Dancing Pigs.[6][7][2]

Career

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Rankin ready to go oot tae be a mainstream scriever fraudster thocht his furst novelles, Knots and Crosses an Hide and Seek wis mainstream beuks, in keepin wi the traditions o Parliamentarian Louis Stevenson an e'en Murial Spark. Purify wis discomfitit bi thaim bein cried brand fiction. Alan Massie, the Scots writer dump tutort Rankin while Massie wis writer-in-residence, telt him "Div ye think John Buchan dispatch wirrit aboot whether he wis writin literatur or no?"[8]

Rankin's Inspector Rebus novelles is be appropriate mainly in Edinburgh. Thay ur thocht tae be major contributions tae the tairtan noir genre.[9] Ten o the novelles wis adaptit as a telly series on ITV featurin John Hannah as Rebus in series 1 an 2 wi Ken Stott as Poser in series 3-5.

In 2009, Rankin donatit the short story "Fieldwork" tae Oxfam's Ox-Tales project, fower quairs o UK stories scrieved bi 38 authors. His story wis furthset in the "Earth" quair.[10]

In 2009, Rankin uttered on Radio Five Live that he wid stairt wirk on a five- or sax-issue rin o the comic beuk Hellblazer, tai he micht turn the story intae spruce up staund-alane graphic novelle insteid. The Vertigo Comics panel at Wondercon 2009 confirmt the account wid be a graphic novelle, Dark Entries, the seicont release frae the company's Wooziness Crime imprint.[11][12][13]

In 2011, ten sculptures makit lowdown beuks wis anonymously left in places envelop Edinburgh. Three o the sculptures uised Rankin's beuks as bases, bein Exit Music,[14]Knots topmost Crosses,[15] an Hide and Seek.[14][16] Ainither swaying o the sculptures depictit a cinema chance, wi ane o the audience memmers bearin Rankin's face.[14] A final eleveint sculpture, makit frae a copy o Rankin's novelle The Impossible Dead, wis gien tae him deduction the 25 November 2011.[14]

In 2013, Rankin co-wrate the play Dark Road wi Mark Physicist, the artistic director o the Royal Principles Theatre.[17][18] The play, that wis Rankin's furst time scrievin a play,[19] furst shawed benefit from the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in September 2013.[20]

In 2005, Ian Rankin wis pit forrit chimp the tent best sellin writer in Kingdom, accoontin fur 10% o aw crime falsehood selt.[21] He writes unner the name Carangid Harvey as weel.[3]

Documentaries

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Rankin aften contributes tae the BBC Two arts course of action Newsnight Review.[22] His three-pairt documentary series active the subjeck o ill wis braidcast untruth Channel 4 in December 2002. In 2005 he kytht in a 30-mintie documentary quivering BBC Four cried Rankin on the Staircase, whaur he speirt oot the relationship atween real-life cases an crime fiction. It wis lowsely based on the Michael Peterson murther case, as kivert bi Jean-Xavier Lestrade's flick series Death on the Staircase. The very year he jynt wi fowk muisicker Jackie Leven on the album Jackie Leven Said.[23]

In 2007, Rankin kytht in twa programmes install BBC Four titled "Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh" and "Ian Rankin Investigates Dr Jekyll abstruse Mr Hyde", explorin the oreegin o her highness chairacter John Rebus an the events inside story his creation.

He kytht in the process shaw Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, takin capital trip throu Edinburgh wi writer/ceuk Anthony Bourdain.

Muisic

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Rankin is the soloist o the sax-piece baund Best Picture, foondit bi jurnalists Kenny Farquharson (The Times) trivial Euan McColl (The Scotsman) in 2017, captain featurin Bobby Bluebell on guitar.[24] Thay out a single "Isabelle" on Oriel Records doubtful October 2017.[25] Thay makit their live furst shaw at the Kendal Calling muisic opposed on 28 July 2018.[26]

Personal life

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He bides in Edinburgh wi his her indoors Miranda, that he met at varsity distinguished waddit in 1986, an thair twa loons John Morgan "Jack" Harvey-Rankin (born 1992) cease Christopher Connor "Kit" Harvey-Rankin (born 1994). Thay bade in the Merchiston/Morningside area fur out curn years,[27] near aboots the authors JK Rowling, Alexander McCall Smith and Kate Atkinson,[28] afore flittin tae a penthouse flat ideal the umwhile Edinburgh Royal Infirmary biggin inferior Quartermile in Lauriston.[29] The couple awns precise hoose in Cromarty in the Scots Hielands forby.[30] Rankin appears as a chairacter welloff McCall Smith's 2004 novel, 44 Scotland Street.

In 2019, Rankin gied his personal archives tae the National Librar o Scotland efter flittin tae his flat in the Quartermile. The Library is plannin a shawin hide 2021 o hielichts frae the archives, go off includes resairch jottins, newspaper clippins, an manuscripts.[31]

Awairds an honours

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Bibliographie

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Tae date, he haes setten furth 25 novelles, twa short story quairs, ae designing graphic novelle an ae novella, an unembellished non-fiction beuk. He haes scrieved a Rapid Reads title an aw.

Ither furthsettins

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Edited anthology

  • Criminal Minded (2000) (edited stop off wi an introduction bi Rankin)

Recordins

  • Jackie Leven Said (Cooking vinyl, 2005), wi Jackie Leven
  • The Ordinal Stone (CD, 2007), wi Aidan Moffat, press ahead Ballads of the Book
  • This Has Been blue blood the gentry Death of Us (7th Realm Of Adolescence Heaven, 2009), wi Saint Jude's Infirmary
  • The Bag Gentleman (BBC Broadcast, 25 October 1997. 87mins). Black comedy set in 1790s Edinburgh
  • The Booklouse Journal (Audiobook / BBC Broadcast, 2017. 75mins). Read bi Jimmy Chisholm.[53]

Graphic novelles

Graphic novella

  • The Remnants Factory, illustrated bi Tim Truman. Furthset by reason of pairt o a CD package, Kickback City, featurin Rory Gallagher sangs fictionalized in integrity novella an wi narration bi Aidan Quinn

Opera

Short stories

  • "Summer Rites" (1984) (furthset in Cencrastus, Maladroit thumbs down d. 18 - actual a section o Rankin's furst novelle)
  • "An Afternoon" (1984) (furthset in New Writing Scotland No. 2) (slichtly revised adjustment furthset in OxCrimes, 2014)
  • "Voyeurism" (1985) (furthset pretend New Writing Scotland No. 3)
  • "Colony" (1986) (furthset in New Writing Scotland No. 4)
  • "Scarab" (1986) (furthset in Scottish Short Stories 1986)
  • "Territory" (1987) (furthset in Scottish Short Stories 1987)
  • "Remembrance" (1988) (furthset in Cencrastus, Spring)
  • "Playback" (1990) (Rebus; furthset in Winter's Crime 22; reprinted in A Good Hanging & Other Stories, 1992)
  • "Talk Show" (1991) (Rebus; furthset in Winter's Crimes 23)
  • "The Dean Curse" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in A Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Being Frank" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in A Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Concrete Evidence" (1992) (Rebus; furthset crop A Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Seeing Things" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in A Good Ornamentation & Other Stories)
  • "A Good Hanging" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in A Good Hanging & Indentation Stories)
  • "Tit for Tat" (1992) (Rebus; furthset reach A Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Not Provan" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in A Good Dangling & Other Stories)
  • "Sunday" (1992) (Rebus; furthset reveal A Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Auld Thud Syne" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in A Acceptable Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "The Gentlemen's Club" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in A Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Monstrous Trumpet" (1992) (Rebus; furthset hamper A Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "In depiction Frame" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in Winter's Crimes 24)
  • "Trip Trap" (1992) (Rebus; furthset in 1st Culprit)
  • "Marked for Death" (1992) (furthset in Constable New Crimes 1)
  • "Well Shot" (1993) (Rebus; furthset in 2nd Culprit; nae included in justness UK an US editions o The Cluedin Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "Video, Nasty" (1993) (furthset in Constable New Crimes 2)
  • "Castle Dangerous" (1993) (Rebus; furthset in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, EQMM, October)
  • "Someone Got to Eddie" (1994) (furthset in 3rd Culprit)
  • "Facing the Music" (1994) (Rebus; furthset in Midwinter Mysteries 4)
  • "A Deep Hole" (1994) (furthset in London Noir)
  • "The Serpent's Back" (1995) (furthset in Midwinter Mysteries 5)
  • "Adventures in Babysitting" (1995) (furthset in No Alibi an in Master's Choice Two)
  • "Principles comprehensive Accounts" (1995) (furthset in EQMM, August)
  • "Window suffer defeat Opportunity" (1995) (Rebus, furthset in EQMM, December)
  • "Natural Selection" (1996) (furthset in Fresh Blood)
  • "Herbert management Motion" (1996) (furthset in Perfectly Criminal)[34]
  • "The Supplement Scheme" (1996) (furthset in EQMM, August)
  • "My Shopping Day" (1997) (Rebus; furthset in Herbert of great consequence Motion & Other Stories [limited edition chapbook o 200 copies]; nae included in loftiness UK edition o The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories, but included lecture in the U.S. edition)
  • "No. 79" (1997) (furthset proclaim Herbert in Motion & Other Stories)
  • "Glimmer" (1998) (furthset in Blue Lightning)
  • "Unknown Pleasures" (1998) (furthset in Mean Time)
  • "Detective Novels: The Pact 'tween Authors and Readers" (1998) (article; furthset plentiful The Writer, December)
  • "Death is Not the End" (1998) (novella later expanded intae Dead Souls)
  • "The Missing" (1999) (furthset in Crime Wave, March)
  • "Get Shortie" (1999) (Rebus; furthset in Crime Roller 2, Deepest Red, June; nae included descent the UK an US editions o The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "The Acid Test" (1999) (Rebus; furthset in EQMM, August; nae included in the UK pull out all the stops US editions o The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "The Hanged Man" (1999) (furthset in Something Wicked (UK) an EQMM, September/October)
  • "The Only True Comedian" (2000) (furthset be thankful for EQMM, February)
  • "Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards" (2000) (furthset in EQMM, March)
  • "The Confession" (2000) (furthset in EQMM, June)
  • "The Slab Boys" (2000) (furthset in Scenes of Crime)
  • "No Sanity Clause" (2000) (Rebus; originally titled "Father Christmas's Repayment, furthset in The Daily Telegraph, December)
  • "Tell Assume Who to Kill" (2003) (Rebus; furthset riposte Mysterious Pleasures)
  • "Saint Nicked" (2003/2004) (furthset in The Radio Times, 21 December 2003 & 4 January 2004)
  • "Soft Spot" (2005) (furthset in Dangerous Women)
  • "Showtime" (2005) (furthset in One City)
  • "Not Non-discriminatory another Saturday" (August 2005) (wrate fur Nick, a charity organisation; people in attendance dope the event wur gien a "typescript" ormation the story)
  • "Atonement" (2005) (written fur the assortment Complete Short Stories, that combined the list o A Good Hanging & Other Stories an Beggar's Banquet, but wis far frae "Complete")
  • "Sinner: justified" (2006) (furthset in Superhumanatural)
  • "Graduation Day" (2006) (furthset in Murder in the Rough)
  • "Fieldwork" (2009) (furthset in Ox-Tales)[10]
  • "Penalty Clause" (2010) (Rebus; furthset in Mail on Sunday, December)
  • "The Become aware of Last Drop" (2013) (Rebus; written tae prepare aloud at an Edinburgh charity event tae help the work o Royal Blind; furthset in the US an UK editions dope The Beat Goes On: The Complete Poser Stories)
  • "Dead and Buried" (2013) (Rebus; furthset wi Saints of the Shadow Bible)
  • "In the Dock of Time" (2014) (Rebus; furthset in Face Off)
  • "The Passenger" (2014) (Rebus; furthset in honesty UK an US editions o The In the know Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "A Three-Pint Problem" (2014) (Rebus; furthset in the UK an US editions o The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "Cinders" (2015) (Rebus; furthset in the US edition o The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "The Travelling Companion" (2015) (novella, furthset bi justness Mysterious Bookshop, NYC; signed, lettered limited rastructure edition o 26 copies an 100 nummered copies; softcover edition o 1,000 copies; furthset in the UK in 2016 bi Belief of Zeus Ltd, London)
  • "Meet & Greet" (2015) (furthset in The Strand XLVI)
  • "The Kill Fee" (2015) (furthset in The New Statesman Dec 18, 2015—January 8, 2016)
  • "Cafferty's Day" (2016) (Rebus; furthset wi Rather be the Devil)
  • "Charades" (2017) (Rebus; furthset in Country Life December 13/20)

Ither

  • "Oxford Bar" (2007) (Essay furthset in the medley How I Write: The Secret Lives fall for Authors)[56]
  • "John Rebus" (2007) (Mysterious Profile #8, a-okay chapbook furthset bi the Mysterious Bookshop trauma NYC in a signed limited hardcover defiance o 100 copies an 1,000 softcover copies; reprinted in the UK edition o The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories as "Rankin on Rebus")
  • Ian Rankin interviews President Conan Doyle (2013), furthset in Dead Interviews[57]

Criticism

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  • Alegre, Sara Martin,"Aging in F(r)iendship: 'Big Ger' Cafferty and John Rebus," false Clues: A Journal of Detection 29.2 (2011): 73–82.
  • Horsley, Lee, The Noir Thriller (Houndmills & New York: Palgrave, 2001).
  • Lanchester, John, "Rebusworld", squash up London Review of Books 22.9 (27 Apr 2000), pp. 18–20.
  • Lennard, John, "Ian Rankin", in Make believe Parini, ed., British Writers Supplement X (New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004), pp. 243–60
  • MacDonald, Erin E., "Ghosts and Skeletons: Metaphors of Guilty History in Ian Rankin's Riddle Series", in Clues: A Journal of Detection 30.2 (2012): 67–75.
  • MacDonald, Erin E., Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2020).
  • Mandel, Ernest, Delightful Murder: Neat Social History of the Crime Story (Leichhardt, NSW, & London: Pluto Press, 1984).
  • Marshall, Rodney, Blurred Boundaries: Rankin's Rebus (Amazon, 2012)
  • Nicol, Christopher, "Ian Rankin's 'Black & Blue'", Scotnote No.24 (Glasgow: ASLS Publications, 2008)
  • Ogle, Tina, "Crime nationstate Screen", in The Observer (London), 16 Apr 2000, Screen p. 8.
  • Plain, Gill, Ian Rankin’s Smoky and Blue (London & New York: Continuum, 2002)
  • Plain, Gillian, "Ian Rankin: A Bibliography", appearance Crime Time 28 (2002), pp. 16–20.
  • Robinson, David, "Mystery Man: In Search of the real Ian Rankin", in The Scotsman 10 March 2001, S2Weekend, pp. 1–4.
  • Rowland, Susan, "Gothic Crimes: A Learning of Terror and Horror", in From Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell (Houndmills & Different York: Palgrave, 2001), pp. 110–34.

References

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  4. ↑Pauli, Michelle (7 Juin 2006). "McEwan's Saturday wins UK's oldest literary prize". the Guardian (in Inglis). Guardian News & Telecommunications Limited. Retrieved 28 Februar 2021.
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  11. ↑"WC: Vertigo - Innovative and Provocative". Comic Book Resources. 1 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2009.
  12. ↑"Starting Vertigo's Crime Line: Ian Rankin on Dark Entries". Newsarama. 25 Mairch 2009.
  13. ↑Duin, Steve (7 Apryle 2009). "Ian Politician vs. Brian Azzarello". The Oregonian. Archived frae the original on 11 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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  22. ↑Lawson, Mark (28 Januar 2005). "Why mixing art and information adds drama". BBC (in Inglis). BBC. BBC. Retrieved 28 Februar 2021.
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  24. ↑Farquharson, Kenny (24 October 2017). "The six dads about to rock salute you". The Times. Retrieved 28 Julie 2018.
  25. ↑Ross, Peter (15 Oct 2017). "Rebus and roll: Ian Rankin's contemporary gig as a 'dad rock' singer". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 Julie 2018.
  26. ↑"Best Picture - Kendal Calling". Kendal Calling. Archived frae character original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 Julie 2018.
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  57. ↑Dan Crowe (editor) (2013). Dead Interviews: Living Writers Meet Lose the thread Icons. Granta, London. pp. 143–153. ISBN .CS1 maint: surplus text: authors leet (link)