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- Birth nameIan James Rankin
- Ian Rankin was born on April 28, 1960 in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Murder Island (2021), Rebus and Rebus (2000). He has been married to Anna Miranda Harvey since July 5, 1986. They have two children.
- SpouseAnna Miranda Harvey(July 5, 1986 - present) (2 children)
- He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2002 Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honors List for his services to literature.
- Received an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree for his achievements as an outstanding and talented author at the University of Hull, 26th January 2006
- He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Platinum Honours List for his services to literature and charity.
- Regularly enjoys pepperoni pizza.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 137, pages 305-308. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- [Talking about the imminent prospect of his fictional detective, DI John Rebus, having to retire from the force] He's now fifty-eight, fifty-nine. And he has to retire at sixty. Questions have been asked in the Scottish Parliament. There's a Fife MSP called Helen Eadie who asked the Justice Minister if she could change the retirement age for cops in Scotland so that Rebus could keep going. And I think Kathy Jamieson said that probably people - real-life cops - wouldn't be too happy about the retirement age changing for a fictional character.
- I remember being very impressed as a young lad when I read in Sounds that Sting was into Thomas Pynchon. 'Wow! I like Pynchon. He likes Pynchon. Sting must be OK.' Later on I discovered, 'No, he's not, he's a pillock.'
- I don't spend money on fripperies. Just on essentials like beer and vinyl.
- [speculating how his imaginary character, Inspector Rebus, would view his creator] He'd find me a wishy-washy, lily-livered liberal who's never had to do a hard day's manual work in his life, who's been suckled by the state from birth. That's kind of why I like him. I like having these internal arguments with him about the way the world is.
- [observation, 2013] The Scottish independence debate is school-playground stuff. And anyone who sticks his head above the parapet, there's a rotten tomato waiting for him from one side or the other.
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