FICTION

Ian Rankin with Paul Blezard

Ian Rankin received his OBE for services to literature and with over 41 titles to his name, translations in over 22 languages and bestsellers in several continents it’s not hard to see why. He is a one-man industry from whose mind sprang forth his best-known character Detective John Rebus., Here talking to Paul Blezard he muses on Rebus and why he chose such and unusual - and unScottish – name and explains why at first he didn’t see himself as an author of detective fiction. Along the way he also describes why Edinburgh is so important to him and his writing and touches on his one regret, that he hasn’t bought a pub. Yet!