Ian Rankin
The creator of Inspector Rebus, one of the most popular characters in contemporary crime fiction...
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. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award for Resurrection Men. He has also been shortlisted for the Edgar and Anthony Awards in the USA, and won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis.
Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh.
A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts. He received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
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Name: Ian Rankin
Date of birth: 1960
Place of birth: Cardenden, Fife
Current Home: Edinburgh
Education: University of Edinburgh
Similar Authors: Peter Robinson, Mark Billingham, Stephen Booth, Reg Hill
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The Impossible Dead (Hardback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Hardback 384 pages |
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| Published: | 06/08/2011 |
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The Impossible Dead (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 13/10/2011 |
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Dark Entries (Paperback)
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| Published: | 24/09/2010 |
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International best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin (Rebus) and artist Werther Dell'Edera (Loveless) present a chilling, locked-room mystery... Read more
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The Complaints (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 496 pages |
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| Published: | 05/08/2010 |
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Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but... Read more
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The Complaints (eBook)
by Ian Rankin
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| Published: | 03/09/2009 |
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'Mustn't complain' - but people always do... Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. ... Read more
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Blood Hunt (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 448 pages |
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| Published: | 05/08/2010 |
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It begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve's brother has been found dead in his car in San Diego. The car was locked from the inside, a gun was... Read more
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Bleeding Hearts (Paperback)
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| Format: | Paperback 432 pages |
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| Published: | 05/08/2010 |
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The death of a journalist from a single bullet to the heart makes for a dramatic story - but the twist in the tale is that this time, it's the... Read more
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Watchman (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 304 pages |
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| Published: | 05/08/2010 |
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Bombs are exploding in the streets of London, but life seems to have planted more subtle booby-traps for Miles Flint. Miles is a spy. His job is to... Read more
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Witch Hunt (Paperback)
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| Format: | Paperback 480 pages |
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| Published: | 05/08/2010 |
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Interpol have tried and failed to find the terrorist, Witch. Now the combined forces of Scotland Yard and MI5 must try the impossible to prevent a... Read more
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Exit Music (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 496 pages |
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| Published: | 19/04/2008 |
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It's late autumn in Edinburgh and late autumn in the career of Detective Inspector Rebus. As he tries to tie up some loose ends before... Read more
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Hide And Seek (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 272 pages |
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| Published: | 01/09/2005 |
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A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the... Read more
Let it Bleed (Paperback)
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| Format: | Paperback 400 pages |
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| Published: | 07/08/2008 |
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Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers. Was the... Read more
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A Cool Head (eBook)
by Ian Rankin
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| Published: | 24/09/2009 |
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A Cool Head (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 128 pages |
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| Published: | 19/02/2009 |
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Set In Darkness (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 496 pages |
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| Published: | 22/09/2005 |
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Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in nigh on 300 years. As political passions run high, DI John Rebus is... Read more
Beggars Banquet (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 384 pages |
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| Published: | 22/09/2005 |
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Over the years, Ian Rankin has amassed an incredible portfolio of short stories. Published in crime magazines, composed for events, broadcast on... Read more
Let It Bleed (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 368 pages |
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| Published: | 01/09/2005 |
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Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers. Was the... Read more
Dead Souls (Paperback)
by Ian Rankin
| Format: | Paperback 496 pages |
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| Published: | 22/09/2005 |
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Stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, Inspector John Rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. When the social workers claim he... Read more
Tooth And Nail (eBook): Inspector Rebus Series, Book 3
by Ian Rankin
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| Published: | 14/05/2009 |
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They call him the Wolfman - because he takes a bite out of his victims and because they found the first victim in the East End's lonely Wolf... Read more
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Hide And Seek (eBook): Inspector Rebus Series, Book 2
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| Published: | 18/09/2008 |
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A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on... Read more
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Knots And Crosses (eBook): Inspector Rebus Series, Book 1
by Ian Rankin
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| Published: | 18/09/2008 |
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'And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you...?' 'That sort of... Read more
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