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Also Known As	Jack Harvey • Ian James Rankin
Born	April 28, 1960 (age 66) • Scotland
Awards And Honors	Edgar Award (2004)
Notable Works	“A Song for the Dark Times” • “Black and Blue” • “Dark Entries” • “Exit Music” • “In a House of Lies” • “Knots and Crosses” • “Rebus: Long Shadows” • “Saints of the Shadow Bible” • “Standing in Another Man’s Grave” • “The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Short Stories” • “The Complaints” • “The Flood” • “The Impossible Dead”