Ian Rankin

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crime writer human novelist screenwriter

Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels set in Edinburgh.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ian Rankin canonical 7
Ian James Rankin 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Cartier Diamond Dagger ⓘ
surface form: CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger

Edgar Award ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
birthName Ian Rankin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ian James Rankin
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1960-04-28 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
fieldOfWork Scottish literature ⓘ
crime fiction ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
hasWebsite https://ianrankin.net/ ⓘ
honorificTitle Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Ian Rankin self-link ⓘ
notableCharacterCreated DI John Rebus in Rebus ⓘ
surface form: Inspector John Rebus
notableWork A Question of Blood ⓘ
A Song for the Dark Times ⓘ
Black and Blue ⓘ
Dead Souls ⓘ
Doors Open ⓘ
Even Dogs in the Wild ⓘ
Exit Music ⓘ
Grassmarket ⓘ
surface form: Fleshmarket Close

Hide and Seek ⓘ
In a House of Lies ⓘ
DI John Rebus in Rebus ⓘ
surface form: Inspector Rebus series

Knots and Crosses ⓘ
Let it Bleed ⓘ
Mortal Causes ⓘ
Rather Be the Devil ⓘ
Resurrection Men ⓘ
Saints of the Shadow Bible ⓘ
Set in Darkness ⓘ
Standing in Another Man’s Grave ⓘ
Strip Jack ⓘ
The Black Book ⓘ
The Complaints ⓘ
The Falls ⓘ
The Hanging Garden ⓘ
The Impossible Dead ⓘ
The Naming of the Dead ⓘ
Tooth and Nail ⓘ
occupation crime writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cardenden ⓘ
surface form: Cardenden, Fife, Scotland
residence Edinburgh ⓘ
settingOfFiction Edinburgh ⓘ
spouse Miranda Harvey ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cardenden → hasNotablePerson → Ian Rankin ⓘ
Bell Baxter High School → hasNotableAlumni → Ian Rankin ⓘ
Patricia Highsmith → influenced → Ian Rankin ⓘ
Ian Rankin → name → Ian Rankin self-link ⓘ
Ian Rankin → birthName → Ian Rankin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ian James Rankin
Barry Award → notableRecipient → Ian Rankin ⓘ
Cartier Diamond Dagger → notableRecipient → Ian Rankin ⓘ
Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger → notableRecipient → Ian Rankin ⓘ