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6th July 2009

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Rowling back 'scribbling away'

20.08.07

J K Rowling, who launched her career with stories scribbled in an Edinburgh cafe, has been spotted back in her old haunts with a notebook in hand and crime on her mind. The Times reports that the sighting, by the wife of Ian Rankin, creator of Detective Inspector John Rebus, has sparked talk among the city's crime writers that she is planning to apply her populist talent to create the definitive Scottish crime novel.

Speaking to a reporter at the Edinburgh book festival, Rankin told how his wife Miranda had seen Rowling "scribbling away in a cafe recently". "My wife spotted her writing her Edinburgh criminal detective novel," he said. He declined to elaborate on how he knew about Rowling's new direction, but conceded he had not discussed it personally with her.

The Times

Ian Rankin J K Rowling Author