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Rankin, Ian James (crime writer)

 Person

Dates

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

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Step Right Up’, ‘Stirling's castle, or how a tiny piece of moss became a king’, 'The Story That I Wrote’, 'A Story That Won't End', 'The Suffering’, and 'Superhumanatural', short stories by Ian Rankin, with related notes and correspondence., 1981-2009.

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Identifier: MS.50466
Scope and Contents 'Step Right Up, By Ian Rankin'. Annotated typescript, 2009, with author's annotations. Annotated 'July 09, Tom Waits-themed song for BBC Radio 3'. Folios 1-5.‘Stirling's castle, or how a tiny piece of moss became a king’. Carbon copy typescript, undated, annotated ‘a short story conceived by Ian Rankin, initial impetus by Miranda Harvey’. Folios 6-12. Manuscript, 1983. Folios 13-17.'The Story That I Wrote’. Typescript, 1984, latest draft, with by-line ‘edited by Ian...
Dates: 1981-2009.

Typescripts of 'Isolation', 'Is This A Dagger?', 'Jackie Leven Said’, 'Jake's Room', 'Jimmy', 'The Joker', and 'Just Dessert', short stories by Ian Rankin; with related working notes., 1981-2009.

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Identifier: MS.50459
Scope and Contents 'Isolation'. Typescript, 1981. Folios 1-6.'Is This A Dagger?'. Annotated typescript, 2009, with author's annotations. Folios 7-13. Working notes, 2009. Folios 14-19. Email from Margaret Murphy regarding the short story. Folio 20.'Jackie Leven Said, A spoken-word short story by Ian Rankin'. Annotated typescript, 2004. draft for live performance, with author’s annotations. Folios 21-36. Annotated typescript, 2004, draft for live performance, with author’s annotations....
Dates: 1981-2009.

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.