At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2009
Born
16 February 1954 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Died
9 June 2013(2013-06-09) (aged 59) Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Pen name
Iain M. Banks
Occupation
Writer
Nationality
British
Education
University of Stirling (BA)
Period
1984–2013
Genre
Science fiction
Literary fiction
Spouse
Annie Blackburn
(m. 1992; div. 2007)
[1][2][3]
Adele Hartley
(m. 2013)
Iain Banks's voice
from the BBC programme Open Book, 23 October 2009[4]
Website
iain-banks.net
Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies (/ˈmɪŋɪz/ⓘ). After the success of The Wasp Factory (1984), he began to write full time. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, appeared in 1987, marking the start of the Culture series. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".[5]
In April 2013, Banks announced he had inoperable cancer and was unlikely to live beyond a year.[6] He died on 9 June 2013.[7]
^McDermid, Val (2017). "Banks, Iain (1954–2013), author and composer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/106888. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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