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He lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Miranda (née Harvey), 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).
Oct 4, 2024 · Ian Rankin, Scottish best-selling crime novelist, creator of the Inspector Rebus series. The character was introduced in Knots & Crosses (1987) and went on to appear in more than 20 books. Learn more about Rankin’s life and career, including his other works.
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1960 - Biography. Ian Rankin was born in the village of Cardenden in Fife in 1960. He went to school in Auchterderran and then Cowdenbeath where an English teacher recognised his writing...
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Ian has a BSc in Physics (University of St Andrews) an MSc (advanced course) in Geophysics (University of Durham) and a PhD in Seismology (University of Edinburgh) for a thesis entitled ‘Seismotectonics and seismic hazard’, supervised by Paul Burton of the BGS and Kenneth Creer at the University of Edinburgh.
Ian got his first taste for research from a Carnegie undergraduate summer scholarship in laser physics at the University of St Andrews, supervised by Malcolm Dunn. In the funding gap between completion of his masters dissertation and start of his PhD he worked part-time as a lecturer on Physics at the then Napier College, Edinburgh and as a freelan...
In addition to the roles outlined on the main page, Ian has also acted as a Member, Royal Society of Edinburgh Sectional committee in Earth Science and Chemistry; Co-Director, Edinburgh Collaborative of Subsurface Science and Engineering (ECOSSE); Board Member, Edinburgh Regional Partnership in Engineering and Mathematics (ERPem); Head of the Insti...
2023 ‘Approach to catastrophic failure in porous media: sound and x-ray vision’, 15th International Conference on Fracture, Atlanta GA, USA. 2022 ‘Avalanche dynamics in porous granular media: sound and vision’, Avalanche 2022 – Avalanche dynamics and precursors of catastrophic events, Debrecen, Hungary. 2022 ‘Evolution of deformation and micro-seis...
I still enjoy playing the guitar and singing in sessions in the old town or events around Scotland (somewhat cathartic after the Covid pandemic), or running (very slowly) around Edinburgh’s green spaces.
Oct 6, 2021 · Nothing reaches Rankin’s publisher or agent until his wife Miranda, whom he met at university 40 years ago, has read his first draft. This is the most nerve-wracking part of the process, he says: “until you show somebody, it’s perfect”.
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Fiction. Short Stories. Born: Fife, Scotland. Publishers: Orion. Agents: Curtis Brown Group Ltd. Biography. Ian Rankin is the UK's number one best-selling crime writer. He lives in Edinburgh, and writes about the city in his award-winning 'Inspector Rebus' novels.
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Ian Rankin Biography. 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.
