Lin Anderson
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Lin (Linda) Anderson (born in Greenock, Scotland) is a Tartan Noir[1] crime writer, best known as creator of forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod, and screenwriter.
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[edit] Biography
Lin Anderson was born in Greenock, of Scottish and Irish parents. Her father was a detective in the CID.[2] She worked in the Nigerian bush for five years during the 1980s, and later wrote an African short story which was broadcast on BBC Radio Four. Another of her African stories was published in the 10th Anniversary Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Collection.[3] Before turning full time to writing, she used to teach maths and computing at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
A film of her screenplay Small Love was shown at London Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2001, and broadcast on Scottish Television in 2001 and 2002. Since then she has graduated from the newly founded Screen Academy Scotland,[4] and has further screenplays in production.[5]
Lin is a big fan of the film Braveheart, and claims to have seen it over 50 times.[6] She lives in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh, near the writers Ian Rankin, and Alexander McCall Smith.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Rhona MacLeod series
- Driftnet (2003)
- Torch (2004)
- Deadly Code (2005)
- Blood Red Roses (2005)
- Dark Flight (2007)
[edit] Screenplays
- Small Love (2001)
- River Child (2006)[5]
- The Incredible Lightness of Brian (2006)
[edit] Non-fiction
- Braveheart: From Hollywood to Holyrood (2004)[7]
[edit] External links
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lin refers to her Rhona MacLeod books as belonging to this genre (see http://www.rhonamacleod.com/).
- ^ Sunday Times interview referenced above.
- ^ Shorts 3: The Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Collection, edited by Ali Smith. Polygon. 2000
- ^ http://www.napier.ac.uk/dama/screen/html/oldnews.htm#250706
- ^ a b http://www.riverchild.co.uk/
- ^ http://www.braveheart.co.uk/about.htm
- ^ http://www.braveheart.info/
