Iain Banks

Iain Menzies Banks writes mainstream novels as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. He was born on February 16, 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; the son of an officer in the Admiralty and a mother who was once a professional ice skater. Banks studied English and Philosophy at the University of Stirling. Married in 1992, he lives currently in North Queensferry, a town on the north side of the Firth of Forth near the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. His next book will be a mainstream one and is due for publication in September 2006.

External links

• Official site
• The Banksoniain - Fanzine
• The Culture Data Repository
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?IainBanks
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• Internet Movie Database entry
• Guardian Books "Author Page", with profile and links to further articles.
• Spike Magazine Interview