Iain Banks
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Banks at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August 2009
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| Born | 16 February 1954 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
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| Died | 9 June 2013 (aged 59) Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland |
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| Pen name | Iain M. Banks | ||
| Occupation | Writer | ||
| Nationality | Scottish | ||
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| Spouse | Annie Blackburn (1992–2009; divorced) Adele Hartley (29 March 2013 – 9 June 2013; his death) |
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Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies (
i/ˈmɪŋᵻz/).
After the publication and success of The Wasp Factory (1984), Banks began to write on a full-time basis. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, was released in 1987, marking the start of the popular 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". In April 2013, Banks announced that he had inoperable cancer and was unlikely to live beyond a year. He died on 9 June 2013.
Banks was born in Dunfermline, Fife, to a mother who was a professional ice skater and a father who was an officer in the Admiralty. An only child, Banks lived in North Queensferry until the age of nine, near the naval dockyards in Rosyth where his father was based. Banks's family then moved to Gourock due to the requirements of his father's work. When someone introduced him to science fiction by giving him Kemlo and the Zones of Silence, he continued reading the Kemlo series which made him want to write science fiction himself. After attending Gourock and Greenock High Schools, Banks studied English, philosophy and psychology at the University of Stirling (1972–1975).
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