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Sir

Ian Rankin

OBEDLFRSEFRSLFRIAS
Rankin in 2007
Rankin in 2007
BornIan James Rankin
(1960-04-28)28 April 1960(age 64)
Cardenden,Fife,Scotland
Pen nameJack Harvey
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Period1984–present
GenreCrime fiction
Notable worksDI John Rebusnovels
Malcolm Fox novels
Dark Entries
Spouse
Miranda Harvey
​
(m.1986)​
Children2
Sir Ian Rankin's voice
from the BBC programmeDesert Island Discs,6 November 2011.[1]
Website
www.ianrankin.net

Sir Ian James RankinOBEDLFRSEFRSLFRIAS[2](born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for hisInspector Rebusnovels.

Early life[edit]

Rankin was born inCardenden,Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a school canteen.[3]He was educated atBeath High School,Cowdenbeath.His parents were horrified when he then chose to study literature at university, as they had expected him to study for a trade.[3]Encouraged by his English teacher, he persisted and graduated in 1982 from theUniversity of Edinburgh,where he also worked on a doctorate onMuriel Sparkbut did not complete it.[4]He has taught at the university and retains an involvement with theJames Tait Black Memorial Prize.[5]He lived inTottenham,London, for four years and then rural France for six while he developed his career as a novelist.[6]Before becoming a full-time novelist, he worked as a grape picker,swineherd,taxman, alcohol researcher, hi-fi journalist, college secretary and punk musician in a band called the Dancing Pigs.[3][7][8]

Career[edit]

Rankin did not set out to be acrime writer.He thought his first novels,Knots and CrossesandHide and Seek,were mainstream books, more in keeping with the Scottish traditions ofRobert Louis Stevensonand evenMuriel Spark.He was disconcerted by their classification as genre fiction. TheScottish novelistAllan Massie,who tutored Rankin while Massie was writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh, reassured him by saying, "Do you thinkJohn Buchanever worried about whether he was writing literature or not? "[9]

Rankin'sInspector Rebusnovels are set mainly in Edinburgh. They are considered major contributions to thetartan noirgenre.[10]Thirteen of the novels—plus one short story—were adapted as atelevision serieson ITV, starringJohn Hannahas Rebus in series 1 and 2 (4 episodes) andKen Stottin that role in series 3–5 (10 episodes).

In 2009, Rankin donated the short story "Fieldwork" toOxfam'sOx-Talesproject, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Rankin's story was published in theEarthcollection.[11]

Rankin signing copies of his debut graphic novel,Dark Entries,in the EdinburghForbidden PlanetInternational store in December 2009

In 2009 Rankin stated onBBC Radio 5 Livethat he would start work on a five- or six-issue run on the comic bookHellblazer,although he may turn the story into a stand-alonegraphic novelinstead. The Vertigo Comics panel atWonderCon2009 confirmed that the story would be published as agraphic novel,Dark Entries,the second release from the company'sVertigo Crimeimprint.[12][13][14]

In 2013, Rankin co-wrote the playDark Roadwith Mark Thomson, the artistic director of theRoyal Lyceum Theatre.[15][16]The play, which marked Rankin's play-writing debut,[17]premiered at the Lyceum Theatre,Edinburgh,in September 2013.[18]

In 2005, Rankin became the tenth best-selling writer in Britain, accounting for 10% of all crime fiction sold.[19]He also wrote three non-Rebus crime novels in 1993-95 under the pseudonym Jack Harvey.[4]

In 2021, Rankin helped finish a draft byWilliam McIlvanney,aprequeltelling the story of an early case of McIlvanney's fictional detective Jack Laidlaw. McIlvanney, whom Rankin admires, had died in 2015 leaving the manuscript unfinished. It was published under the nameThe Dark Remains.[20]

In 2022, Rankin signed a deal with publisher Orion to write two new John Rebus novels.[21]Later that same year, he received aKnighthoodfromHM Queen Elizabeth IIfor services to literature and charity as part of herBirthday HonoursList.

Documentaries[edit]

Rankin is a regular contributor to theBBC Twoarts programmeNewsnight Review.[22]His three-part documentary series on the subject ofevilwas broadcast onChannel 4in December 2002. In 2005 he presented a 30-minute documentary onBBC FourcalledRankin on the Staircase,in which he investigated the relationship between real-life cases and crime fiction. It was loosely based on theMichael Petersonmurder case, as covered in Jean-Xavier Lestrade's documentary seriesDeath on the Staircase.The same year, Rankin collaborated with folk musicianJackie Levenon the albumJackie Leven Said.[23]

In 2007, Rankin appeared in programmes for BBC Four exploring the origins of his alter-ego character,John Rebus.In these, titled "Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh" and "Ian Rankin Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde," Rankin looks at the origins of the character and the events that led to his creation.

In the TV showAnthony Bourdain: No Reservations,he takes a trip through Edinburgh with writer/cookAnthony Bourdain.

Music[edit]

Rankin is the singer in the six-piece band Best Picture, formed by journalists Kenny Farquharson (The Times) and Euan McColl (The Scotsman) in 2017, and featuringBobby Bluebellon guitar.[24]They released the single "Isabelle" onOriel Recordsin October 2017.[25]They made their live debut at theKendal Callingmusic festival on 28 July 2018.[26]

Personal life[edit]

He lives inEdinburghwith his wife, Miranda (néeHarvey), whom he met at university and married in 1986, and their two sons: John Morgan "Jack" Harvey-Rankin (born 1992) and Christopher Connor "Kit" Harvey-Rankin (born 1994). He has acknowledged the assistance they get fromForward Visionin Edinburgh in looking after Kit and other young adults with special needs. They lived for a number of years in theMerchiston/Morningsidearea,[27]near the authorsJ. K. Rowling,Alexander McCall SmithandKate Atkinson,[28]before moving to a penthouse flat in the formerEdinburgh Royal Infirmarybuilding inQuartermileinLauriston.[29]The couple also own a house inCromartyin theScottish Highlands.[30]Rankin appears as a character in McCall Smith's 2004 novel,44 Scotland Street.

In 2011,a group of ten book sculptureswere deposited around Edinburgh as gifts to cultural institutions and the people of the city. Many of the sculptures made reference to the work of Rankin, and an eleventh sculpture was a personal gift to him.[31]

In 2019, Rankin donated his personal archives to theNational Library of Scotlandafter moving to his flat in the Quartermile. The Library planned an exhibition for 2021 of highlights from the archive, which includes research notes, newspaper clippings and manuscripts.[32]

Rankin has donated a considerable portion of his earnings to charity. In 2007, he and his wife set up a trust to support charities in the fields of health, art and education. In 2020, it was reported that he had donated around £1 million to the trust in the previous five years, with £200,000 being donated in 2019.[33]In 2022, he donated rare first editions of three of his early works, valued at a total of £1,850, to a book sale in aid ofChristian Aid.[34]

Honours and awards[edit]

Rankin was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire(OBE) in 2002 for services to literature andknightedin the2022 Birthday Honoursfor services to literature and charity.[35]

Bibliography[edit]

To date, Rankin has published 25 novels, two short-story collections, one original graphic novel, one novella, and a non-fiction book. He has also written aQuick Readstitle.

Year Novel Notes
1986 The Flood Rankin's 1st novel
1987 Knots and Crosses 1stInspector Rebusnovel
1988 Watchman
1990 Westwind
1990 Hide and Seek 2nd Inspector Rebus novel
1992 Tooth and Nail 3rd Inspector Rebus novel
Strip Jack 4th Inspector Rebus novel
A Good Hanging and Other Stories Short stories
1993 Witch Hunt Writing asJack Harvey
The Black Book 5th Inspector Rebus novel
1994 Bleeding Hearts Writing asJack Harvey
Mortal Causes 6th Inspector Rebus novel
1995 Blood Hunt Writing asJack Harvey
Let it Bleed 7th Inspector Rebus novel
1997 Black and Blue 8th Inspector Rebus novel
Won MacallanGold Daggerfor Fiction
Herbert in Motion & Other Stories Limited edition chapbook with 4 stories, 2 original to this collection
1998 The Hanging Garden 9th Inspector Rebus novel
1999 Dead Souls 10th Inspector Rebus novel
2000 Set in Darkness 11th Inspector Rebus novel
2001 The Falls 12th Inspector Rebus novel
2002 Resurrection Men 13th Inspector Rebus novel
won TheEdgar Award
Beggars Banquet Short stories
2003 A Question of Blood 14th Inspector Rebus novel
2004 Fleshmarket Close 15th Inspector Rebus novel
2005 Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey Non-fiction
Awarded CWACartier Diamond Dagger
The Complete Short Stories Short stories; omnibus including the contents of A Good Hanging & Other Stories and Beggar's Banquet plus one new story, "Atonement"
2006 The Naming of the Dead 16th Inspector Rebus novel
2007 Exit Music 17th Inspector Rebus novel
WonITV3 Crime Thriller Award
2008 Doors Open
2009 A Cool Head Quick Reads2009
The Complaints 1st Malcolm Fox novel
Dark Entries Vertigo CrimefeaturingJohn Constantine
2011 The Impossible Dead[55] 2nd Malcolm Fox novel
2012 Standing in Another Man's Grave[56] 18th Inspector Rebus & 3rd Malcolm Fox novel
2013 Saints of the Shadow Bible 19th Inspector Rebus & 4th Malcolm Fox novel
2014 Dark Road Stage play, with Mark Thomson
The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories Short stories
2015 Even Dogs in the Wild 20th Rebus & 5th Malcolm Fox novel
2016 The Travelling Companion Limited edition bibliomystery; No 26 in a series of short stories by crime writers,Death Sentences[57]
Rather Be the Devil 21st Rebus & 6th Malcolm Fox novel
2018 Rebus: Long Shadows Stage play, withRona Munro(part of the Inspector Rebus series)
In a House of Lies 22nd Rebus & 7th Malcolm Fox novel
2020 A Song for the Dark Times 23rd Rebus & 8th Malcolm Fox novel
2022 A Heart Full of Headstones 24th Rebus novel
2024 Midnight & Blue 25th Rebus novel

Other publications[edit]

Edited anthology

  • Criminal Minded(2000) (edited and with an introduction by Rankin)

Recordings

  • Jackie Leven Said(Cooking vinyl, 2005), withJackie Leven
  • The Sixth Stone(CD, 2007), withAidan Moffat,onBallads of the Book
  • This Has Been the Death of Us(7th Realm Of Teenage Heaven, 2009), with Saint Jude's Infirmary
  • The Third Gentleman(BBC Broadcast, 25 October 1997. 87mins). Black comedy set in 1790s Edinburgh.
  • The Deathwatch Journal(Audiobook / BBC Broadcast, 2017. 75mins). Read by Jimmy Chisholm.[58]

Graphic novels

Graphic novella

  • The Lie Factory,illustrated by Tim Truman. Published as part of a CD package,Kickback City,featuringRory Gallaghersongs fictionalized in the novella and with narration byAidan Quinn.

Opera

Short stories

  • "Summer Rites" (1984) (published inCencrastus,No. 18 - actually a section of Rankin's first novel)
  • "An Afternoon"(1984) (published inNew Writing Scotland No. 2) (slightly revised version published inOxCrimes,2014)
  • "Voyeurism" (1985) (published inNew Writing Scotland No. 3)
  • "Colony" (1986) (published inNew Writing Scotland No. 4)
  • "Scarab" (1986) (published inScottish Short Stories 1986)
  • "Territory" (1987) (published inScottish Short Stories 1987)
  • "Remembrance" (1988) (published inCencrastus,Spring)
  • "Playback" (1990) (Rebus; published in Winter's Crime 22; reprinted inA Good Hanging & Other Stories,1992)
  • "Talk Show" (1991) (Rebus; published inWinter's Crimes23)
  • "The Dean Curse" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Being Frank" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Concrete Evidence" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Seeing Things" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "A Good Hanging" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Tit for Tat" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Not Provan" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Sunday" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Auld Lang Syne" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "The Gentlemen's Club" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "Monstrous Trumpet" (1992) (Rebus; published inA Good Hanging & Other Stories)
  • "In the Frame" (1992) (Rebus; published inWinter's Crimes24)
  • "Trip Trap" (1992) (Rebus; published in1st Culprit)
  • "Marked for Death" (1992) (published inConstable New Crimes1)
  • "Well Shot" (1993) (Rebus; published in2nd Culprit;not included in the UK and US editions ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "Video, Nasty" (1993) (published inConstable New Crimes 2)
  • "Castle Dangerous" (1993) (Rebus; published inEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine,EQMM,October)
  • "Someone Got to Eddie" (1994) (published in3rd Culprit)
  • "Facing the Music" (1994) (Rebus; published inMidwinter Mysteries4)
  • "A Deep Hole" (1994) (published inLondon Noir)
  • "The Serpent's Back" (1995) (published inMidwinter Mysteries5)
  • "Adventures in Babysitting" (1995) (published inNo Alibiand inMaster's Choice Two)
  • "Principles of Accounts" (1995) (published inEQMM,August)
  • "Window of Opportunity" (1995) (Rebus, published inEQMM,December)
  • "Natural Selection" (1996) (published inFresh Blood)
  • "Herbert in Motion" (1996) (published inPerfectly Criminal)[38]
  • "The Wider Scheme" (1996) (published inEQMM,August)
  • "My Shopping Day" (1997) (Rebus; published inHerbert in Motion & Other Stories[limited edition chapbook of 200 copies]; not included in the UK edition ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories,but included in the U.S. edition)
  • "No. 79" (1997) (published in Herbert in Motion & Other Stories)
  • "Glimmer" (1998) (published inBlue Lightning)
  • "Unknown Pleasures" (1998) (published inMean Time)
  • "Detective Novels: The Pact Between Authors and Readers" (1998) (article; published inThe Writer,December)
  • "Death is Not the End" (1998) (novella later expanded intoDead Souls)
  • "The Missing" (1999) (published inCrime Wave,March)
  • "Get Shortie" (1999) (Rebus; published inCrime Wave 2, Deepest Red,June; not included in the UK and US editions ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "The Acid Test" (1999) (Rebus; published inEQMM,August; not included in the UK and US editions ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "The Hanged Man" (1999) (published inSomething Wicked(UK) andEQMM,September/October)
  • "The Only True Comedian" (2000) (published inEQMM,February)
  • "Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards" (2000) (published inEQMM,March)
  • "The Confession" (2000) (published inEQMM,June)
  • "The Slab Boys" (2000) (published inScenes of Crime)
  • "No Sanity Clause" (2000) (Rebus; originally titled "Father Christmas's Revenge", published inThe Daily Telegraph,December)
  • "Tell Me Who to Kill" (2003) (Rebus; published inMysterious Pleasures)
  • "Saint Nicked" (2003/2004) (Rebus; published inThe Radio Times,21 December 2003 & 4 January 2004)
  • "Soft Spot" (2005) (published inDangerous Women)
  • "Showtime" (2005) (published inOne City)
  • "Not Just another Saturday" (August 2005) (Rebus; written for SNIP, a charity organisation; people in attendance of the event were provided with a "typescript" of the story)
  • "Atonement" (2005) (Rebus; written for the anthologyComplete Short Stories,which combined the contents ofA Good Hanging & Other StoriesandBeggar's Banquet,but was far from "Complete" )
  • "Sinner: justified" (2006) (published inSuperhumanatural)
  • "Graduation Day" (2006) (published inMurder in the Rough)
  • "Fieldwork" (2009) (published inOx-Tales)[11]
  • "Penalty Clause" (2010) (Rebus; published inMail on Sunday,December)
  • "The Very Last Drop" (2013) (Rebus; written to read aloud at an Edinburgh charity event to help the work of Royal Blind; published in the US and UK editions ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "Dead and Buried" (2013) (Rebus; published withSaints of the Shadow Bible)
  • "In the Nick of Time" (2014) (Rebus; published inFace Off)
  • "The Passenger" (2014) (Rebus; published in the UK and US editions ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "A Three-Pint Problem" (2014) (Rebus; published in the UK and US editions ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "Cinders" (2015) (Rebus; published in the US edition ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories)
  • "The Travelling Companion" (2015) (novella, published by the Mysterious Bookshop, NYC; signed, lettered limited cloth edition of 26 copies and 100 numbered copies; softcover edition of 1,000 copies; published in the UK in 2016 by Head of Zeus Ltd, London)
  • "Meet & Greet" (2015) (published inThe StrandXLVI)
  • "The Kill Fee" (2015) (published inThe New Statesman18 December 2015—8 January 2016)
  • "Cafferty's Day" (2016) (Rebus; published withRather be the Devil)
  • "Charades" (2017) (Rebus; published inCountry LifeDecember 13/20)

Other

  • "Oxford Bar" (2007) (Essay published in the anthologyHow I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors)[61]
  • "John Rebus" (2007) (Mysterious Profile #8,a chapbook published by The Mysterious Bookshop in NYC in a signed limited hardcover edition of 100 copies and 1,000 softcover copies; reprinted in the UK edition ofThe Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Storiesas "Rankin on Rebus" )
  • Ian Rankin interviews Arthur Conan Doyle (2013), published inDead Interviews[62]
  • William McIlvanney's final novel,The Dark Remains,based on a manuscript McIlvanney left when he died in 2015, was completed by Ian Rankin and released in September 2021.[63][64]

Criticism[edit]

  • Alegre, Sara Martin, "Aging in F(r)iendship: 'Big Ger' Cafferty and John Rebus," inClues: A Journal of Detection29.2 (2011): 73–82.
  • Horsley, Lee,The Noir Thriller(Houndmills & New York: Palgrave, 2001).
  • Lanchester, John, "Rebusworld", inLondon Review of Books22.9 (27 April 2000), pp. 18–20.
  • Lennard, John,"Ian Rankin", in Jay 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 Rebus Series", inClues: A Journal of Detection30.2 (2012): 67–75.
  • MacDonald, Erin E.,Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2020).
  • Mandel, Ernest,Delightful Murder: A 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 on Screen", inThe Observer(London), 16 April 2000, Screen p. 8.
  • Plain, Gill,Ian Rankin’s Black and Blue(London & New York: Continuum, 2002)
  • Plain, Gillian, "Ian Rankin: A Bibliography", inCrime Time28 (2002), pp. 16–20.
  • Robinson, David, "Mystery Man: In Search of the real Ian Rankin", inThe Scotsman10 March 2001, S2Weekend, pp. 1–4.
  • Rowland, Susan, "Gothic Crimes: A Literature of Terror and Horror", inFrom Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell(Houndmills & New York: Palgrave, 2001), pp. 110–34.

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