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Rankin, Ian James (crime writer)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: b 1960
  • Usage: 1993-1995. - 1995

Found in 422 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts of the unfinished novel 'Sabbath Child' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers., 1991.

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Identifier: MS.50437
Scope and Contents

Includes first drafts of Chapters One and Two (Folios 1-13) followed by notes (Folios 14-25).

Includes press cutting about child criminals taken by Rankin as research (Folios 26-27).

Includes correspondence to Rankin from Professor Francis Lyall of the University of Aberdeen Faculty of Law on laws regarding child criminals for research (Folio 28).

'Sabbath Child' was not completed nor published.

Folios 1-28.

Dates: 1991.

Typescripts of 'Tooth and Nail' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers and a cover proof., 1990-1991, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.50400-50402
Scope and Contents Notes of Ian Rankin relating to the development of the plot and characters for ‘Tooth and Nail’. The notes include references to specific drafts, including first and final drafts. The distinction between notes relating to specific drafts is not always clear. Some notes have been revisited and subsequently annotated by Rankin as his development of the novel progressed. Included are editorial notes relating to plot and character revisions and additional plot development...
Dates: 1990-1991, undated.

Typescripts of treatments for 'Lazarus', a television serial project by Ian Rankin., 2000.

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Identifier: MS.50491

Typescripts of unaired radio plays and short stories for radio by Ian Rankin., 1984-1998, undated.

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Identifier: MS.50487
Scope and Contents 'Borrowed time’. Annotated typescript, undated, with author's annotations. Folios 1-19.'Cinderella and Studz: a radio romance; a play for radio by Ian J. Rankin'. Typescript, 1984. Includes correspondence from Stewart Conn, Senior Drama Producer (Radio) for the BBC. Folio 20. Folios 20-34.'Mr Eliot on Margate Sands’. Typescript, 1984. Folios 35-61.'Crime Stories by Ian Rankin: 3. The Hanged Man', short story read on BBC radio. Typescript of BBC Radio...
Dates: 1984-1998, undated.

Typescripts of 'Video, Nasty', 'The Violation of Mr Paton’, 'Voyeurism’, 'Walking Naked’, 'Wedding Song', 'The Wet Dream Club', and 'The Wider Scheme, short stories by Ian Rankin; with related working notes., 1980-1993, undated.

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Identifier: MS.50468
Scope and Contents 'Video, Nasty'. Typescript, circa 1993. Folios 1-17.'The Violation of Mr Paton: by Ian J. Rankin'. Photocopy typescript, 1984. Folios 18-28. Typescript, 1983, fourth draft. Folios 29-39.'Voyeurism: a short story by Ian J. Rankin'. Photocopy typescript, 1984. Folios 40-50. Typescript, 1984. Folios 51-61.'Walking Naked’, Ian Rankin’s entry to the Radio Forth Short Story Competition. Typescript, 1983, second draft. Folios 62-67. Typescript, 1983, second...
Dates: 1980-1993, undated.

Working papers of Ian Rankin for his novel ‘The Falls’, 2000-2002.

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Identifier: MS.50334
Scope and Contents Page 1, circa 1999, of first and second drafts of Ian Rankin’s novel 'The Falls'. Folios 1-3.Developmental, 2000, notes of Ian Rankin for his novel ‘The Falls’. Folios 4-49.The notes include research and working notes as well as editorial notes of Rankin. Also included are editorial notes of Caroline Oakley (Folio 49). Some of the notes include references to specific drafts, including first, second, and third drafts. Otherwise, the distinction between the...
Dates: 2000-2002.