I’d give myself some fashion sense.
Managed profile
Not claimed by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin has not joined FLAPSS and has not endorsed it. This page is a reference record assembled from published interviews and public remarks. Every answer below is a direct quotation with the source and date shown next to it.
IR
Ian Rankin
Scottish crime writer
United Kingdom · b. 1960
Arts and letters
Born in Fife, Ian Rankin, 60, published his first Rebus bestseller in 1987. His award-winning books have been translated into 36 languages and adapted for radio, stage and screen. A Song For The Dark Times, the latest in the Rebus series, was published on 1 October. Rankin is married with two sons and lives in Edinburgh.
4 answers 0 followers reference
There wasn’t a lot of bullying at my school, but there was a fair amount of ragging – and I knew which side I wanted to be on. I’d say sorry to anyone who felt picked on.
Fondly and down the centuries. I think partly what drives writers to write is the yearning for immortality.
In my teens, an accountant. In my 20s, either a rock star or a novelist.
Every quotation above is reproduced from the source shown beside it and has not been edited. Ian Rankin did not write these answers for FLAPSS. Request a correction or removal.