![]() ![]() Rankin is a number one bestseller in the UK and has received the OBE for services to literature. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Hull and the Open University.A contributor to BBC2s Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankins Evil Thoughts. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, and Edinburgh.Ī contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts, on Channel 4 in 2002. I still remember how keen I was on my first visit to Edinburgh to visit the. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, and he received two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. If you havent tried Rankin, this is an excellent place to start. I have a real soft spot for Ian Rankin’s John Rebus series- they were the first mystery series I read where it felt like the location was a character (and a real location I could visit). Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987 the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents. Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. ![]()
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