He haes taucht at the varsity an retains a active pairt wi the James Tate Memorial Prize. Heezed up bi his Inglis teacher, he huild at it an graduatit in 1982 fae the Varsity o Edinburgh, whaur he wirked on a doctorate on Murial Spark forby, but didnae fienish it. His fowks wis scunnert whan he waled tae study literatur, as thay'd expectit him tae study fur a trade. He wis scuiled at Beath Hie Schuil, Coudenbeith.
His faither awnt a grocery shop an his maither wirked in a schuil canteen. He haes written several pieces o literar criticism as weel.
Ian James Rankin OBE DL FRSE FRSL (born 28 Aprile 1960) is a Scots crime writer that is maist weel-kent fur his Inspector Rebus novelles.
Frae the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 6 November 2011.
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