Lin Anderson
{{Short description|British crime novelist and screenwriter}}
{{other people|Linda Anderson}}
{{Other uses|Lynn Anderson (disambiguation)}}
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Lin (Linda) Anderson (born in Greenock, Scotland) is a Tartan NoirLin refers to her Rhona MacLeod books as belonging to this genre (see http://www.rhonamacleod.com/). crime novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod. {{asof|2010}} the Rhona MacLeod books are being developed for ITV.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-interviews/2010/04/08/scots-novelist-lin-anderson-finds-crime-does-pay-as-hit-books-are-turned-into-tv-series-86908-22170130/|title=Scots novelist Lin Anderson finds crime does pay as hit books are turned into TV series|last=Dingwall|first=John|date=2010-04-07|work=dailyrecord|access-date=2017-10-19}}
Life and career
Anderson was born in Greenock, of Scottish and Irish parents. Her father was a detective in the CID.{{cite news |title=Time & Place: Lin Anderson |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/time-and-place-lin-anderson-wn0x5tgzr66 |work=The Sunday Times |date=9 July 2006 |language=en}} 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.Shorts 3: The Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Collection, edited by Ali Smith. Polygon. 2000 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,http://www.napier.ac.uk/dama/screen/html/oldnews.htm#250706{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and has further screenplays in production.[http://www.riverchild.co.uk/ River Child] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513114752/http://www.riverchild.co.uk/ |date=13 May 2007 }}
Lin is a massive fan of the film Braveheart, claiming to have seen it over fifty times, and in 2004 wrote a book about the making of it (see Non-fiction below).[http://www.braveheart.co.uk/about.htm Braveheart @ MacBraveHeart – About MacBraveHeart]
Lin is a member of the Femmes Fatales crime writing trio, together with Alanna Knight and Alex Gray.
She and Alex Gray{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodyscotland.com/event/alex-gray-presents-new-crimes/|title=Upcoming Events {{!}} Alex Gray Presents: New Crimes {{!}} Bloody Scotland|website=www.bloodyscotland.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019221656/https://www.bloodyscotland.com/event/alex-gray-presents-new-crimes/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} are amongst the co-founders of Bloody Scotland,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodyscotland.com/announcements/lin-anderson-book-launch/|title=Lin Anderson book launch {{!}} Bloody Scotland|website=www.bloodyscotland.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-10-19}} a Tartan Noir and Scottish crime writer's festival, which is held in Stirling since 2012.
Bibliography
= Rhona MacLeod series =
- Driftnet (2003)
- Torch (2004)
- Deadly Code (2005)
- Blood Red Roses (2005)
- Dark Flight (2007)
- Easy Kill (2008)
- Final Cut (2009)
- The Reborn (2010)
- Picture Her Dead (2011)
- Paths of the Dead (2014)
- The Special Dead (2015)
- None But the Dead (2016)
- Follow the Dead (2017)
- Sins of the Dead (2018)
- Time for the Dead (2019)
- The Innocent Dead (2020)
- The Killing Tide (2021)
- The Wild Coast (2023)
- Whispers of the Dead (2024)
- The Dead and the Dying (2025)
= Patrick de Courvoisier series =
- The Case of the Black Pearl (2014)
- The Case of the Missing Madonna (2015)
= Blaze Dog Detective series (with Donald McKay) =
- The Magic Flag Mystery (2020)
= Standalone novels =
- The Party House (2022)
= Screenplays =
= Non-fiction =
- Braveheart: From Hollywood to Holyrood (2004)[http://www.braveheart.info/ Lin Anderson : BRAVEHEART – From Hollywood to Holyrood]
Notes
External links
- [http://www.lin-anderson.com/ Personal Website]
- [http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/player/listen-again/fuodsyf8/listen-615/ Radio interview]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (2009)
- [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-interviews/2010/04/08/scots-novelist-lin-anderson-finds-crime-does-pay-as-hit-books-are-turned-into-tv-series-86908-22170130/ Video interview] at Daily Record (2010)
- [http://www.femmes-fatales.info/ Femmes Fatales website]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Category:Staff of George Watson's College
Category:Scottish crime fiction writers
Category:Scottish women screenwriters
Category:Writers from Greenock
Category:20th-century Scottish writers
Category:British expatriates in Nigeria
Category:British women mystery writers
Category:20th-century British women writers