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, 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. 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. Rankin's style has been described as 'Tartan Noir' and the label is fitting. Being a copper has absorbed his entire life. He's both addicted and repelled by his work. Arrives by Wed, Apr 12 Buy Rebus: The Early Years: Knots & Crosses, Hide & Seek, Tooth & Nail (Pre-Owned Paperback 9780752837994) by Ian Rankin at. The character of Inspector John Rebus is melancholy, brooding, cynical, funny, intelligent, a workaholic and a perfectionist. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. Ian Rankin is the best mystery writer I've ever read. 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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