Ian Rankin is the UK's number one best-selling crime writer

British Council is delighted to bring the author to India in January 2010 as part of Lit Sutra, a programme of cultural relations through reading and writing, building on the success of the British Council's festival of Indian writing at London Book Fair 2009.

His tour in India is as follows:                                                         Mumbai: 19 and 20 January Delhi: 21 January Chandigarh: 22 January Kolkata: 23 to 25 January Chennai: 26 and 27 January

For fans of Rankin, Visit Britain teams up with British Council to present an exciting contest for all those who will be there at Ian Rankin events at these cities.

Take part in an IAN RANKIN QUIZ on and win an all-expenses paid trip for two to Edinburgh, courtesy Visit Britain and Visit Scotland. For details please click here

Ian Rankin lives in Edinburgh, and writes about the city in his award-winning 'Inspector Rebus' novels. The books have twice been dramatised for TV and are translated into 36 languages. He was a prize-winning poet and short-story writer before turning to novels with The Flood, followed by Knots & Crosses, the first of his powerful Inspector Rebus novels, in 1987. His latest book, The Complaints, was released in UK in September 2009. Ian has won many writing awards, including the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for Fiction for Black & Blue (1997), the Mystery Writers of America ‘Edgar’ Award for Best Novel for Resurrection Men (2004) and he has twice won the CWA Short Story Dagger Award (1994 and 1996). In 2005 he received the CWA Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, the British Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year for Fleshmarket Close and the Grand Prix du Roman Policier, for Set in Darkness. In 2007 he repeated his success at the British Book Awards, winning the Crime Thriller of the Year for The Naming of the Dead. Ian was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Birthday Honours List in June 2003. For more check his official website.

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