Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He has also written several pieces of literary criticism. Born 28 April 1960 in Cardenden, Fife, Rankin attended Beath High School, Cowdenbeath. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, he moved to Tottenham, London for four years and then rural France for six while he developed his career as a novelist. He was a literature tutor at the University of Edinburgh, where he retains an involvement with the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Before becoming a full-time novelist he worked as a grape-picker, swineherd, taxman, alcohol researcher, hi-fi journalist, college secretary and punk musician. Rankin did not set out to be a crime writer. He thought his first novels Knots and Crosses and Hide and Seek were mainstream books, more in keeping with the Scottish traditions of Robert Louis Stevenson and even Muriel Spark (the subject of Rankin's uncompleted Ph.D. thesis). He was disconcerted by their classification as genre fiction. Scottish novelist Allan Massie, who tutored Rankin while Massie was writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh, reassured him by saying, who would want to be a dry academic writer when "they could be John Buchan?" Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels are set mainly in Edinburgh. They are considered major contributions to the Tartan Noir genre. Ten of the novels were adapted as a television series on ITV, starring John Hannah as Rebus in Series 1 & 2, with Ken Stott taking on the role for Series 3-5. In 2009, Rankin donated the short story "Fieldwork" to Oxfam's Ox-Tales project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Rankin's story was published in the Earth collection. Ian Rankin signing copies of his debut graphic novel Dark Entries in the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet International store. In 2009 Rankin stated on Radio Five Live that he would start work on a five or six-issue run on the comic book Hellblazer, although he may turn the story into a stand-alone graphic novel instead. The Vertigo Comics panel at WonderCon 2009 confirmed that the story would be published as a graphic novel called Dark Entries, the second release from the company's new Vertigo Crime imprint He is a regular contributor to the BBC Two arts programme Newsnight Review. His 3-part documentary series on the subject of evil was broadcast on Channel 4 in December 2002. In 2005 he presented a 30-minute documentary on BBC Four called Rankin on the Staircase, in which he investigated the relationship between real-life cases and crime fiction. It was loosely based on the Michael Peterson murder case, as covered in Jean-Xavier Lestrade's documentary series Death on the Staircase. The same year he collaborated with folk musician Jackie Leven on the album Jackie Leven Said. In 2007, Rankin appeared in programmes for BBC Four exploring the origins of his alter-ego character, John Rebus. 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 show Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, he takes a trip through Edinburgh with writer/cook Anthony Bourdain. CONTENT: Inspector Rebus Series 1. Knots And Crosses (read by James Macpherson) 2. Hide And Seek (read by Ewen Stewart) 3. Tooth And Nail (read by James Macpherson) 4. Strip Jack (read by James Macpherson) 5. The Black Book (read by Bill Paterson) 6. Mortal Causes (read by David Rintoul) 7. Let It Bleed (read by Samuel Gillies) 8. Black And Blue (read by Joe Dunlop) 9. The Hanging Garden (read by Joe Dunlop) 10. Dead Souls (read by Joe Dunlop) 11. Set In Darkness (read by Samuel Gillies) 12. The Falls (read by James Macpherson) 13. Resurrection Men (read by Joe Dunlop) 14. A Question Of Blood (read by Michael Page) 15. Fleshmarket Close (read by Tom Cotcher) 16. Naming Of The Dead (read by Tom Cotcher) 17. Exit Music (read by Tom Cotcher) 18. Standing In Another Man's Grave (read by James Macpherson) 19. Saints Of The Shadow Bible (read by James Macpherson) 20. Even Dogs In The Wild (read by James Macpherson) 21. Rather Be The Devil (read by James Macpherson) 22. In A House Of Lies (read by James Macpherson) 23. A Song For The Dark Times (read by James Macpherson) 24. A Heart Full Of Headstones (read by James Macpherson) 25. Midnight And Blue (read by James Macpherson) 26. A Good Hanging (read by James Macpherson) 27. The Beat Goes On (read by James Macpherson, Ian Rankin) Malcolm Fox Series 28. The Complaints (read by Peter Forbes) 29. The Impossible Dead (read by Peter Forbes) Jack Harvey Series 30. Witch Hunt (read by Peter Capaldi) 31. Bleeding Hearts (read by Steven Pacey) 32. Blood Hunt (read by Christian Rodska) Non-Series 33. The Rise (read by Indira Varma) 34. Westwind (read by Julian Rhind-Tutt) 35. The Flood (read by Chris Reilly) 36. Doors Open (read by James Macpherson) 37. Watchman (read by John Lee) 38. A Cool Head (read by Peter Forbes) 39. Rebus's Scotland (read by Ian Rankin) Audio-DVD format: It can be used on DVD and DVD-Rom players, also on devices such as Playstation, Xbox or portable DVD players. In addition, the tracks can be taken to any mp3 player, such as portable mp3 player, tablets, smartphones, etc. through the computer. - The tracks are handled in the same way that you would handle the songs through iTunes. - The number of discs varies by each title, although generally it goes in a single disc. - The AudioDVD format is not the same as traditional CDs and does not work on CD players. 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