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Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin was born in 1960 in Cardenden, Fife.  His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels.  A long list of awards honor this Scotish author’s 25 novels.  Rankin has been elected as a Hawthornden Fellow and won the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He has also...

Stephen Booth – An Introduction

A newspaper and magazine journalist for over 25 years, Stephen Booth was born in the English Pennine mill town of Burnley. He was brought up on the Lancashire coast at Blackpool, where he began his career in journalism by editing his school magazine. He wrote his...