It's our 150th episode! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than to welcome a true literary legend to the podcast: Ian Rankin! Ian is a broadcaster, musician, playwright and the globally renowned, multi-million-selling author of the Rebus crime novels, amongst many others. His latest book is the Amazon Original The Rise. We talked to Ian about Muriel Spark, using crime books as a travel guide, writing routines and his love for Jilly Cooper. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/bookedBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightIan Rankin - The RiseMuriel Spark - Prime of Miss Jean BrodieMuriel Spark - Hothouse by the East RiverAlain Robbe-Grillet - Last Year at MarienbadMuriel Spark - The Drivers SeatMuriel Spark - Girls of Slender MeansMuriel Spark - Loitering With IntentReginald Hill - Asking Fo the MoonGillian Flynn - Gone GirlRobert Louis Stevenson - Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeAnbara Salam - Hazardous SpiritsEvelyn Waugh - Vile BodiesMuriel Spark - The BachelorsArthur Conan Doyle - Complete Sherlock HolmesJames Hogg - The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified SinnerAnthony Burgess - A Clockwork OrangeJoseph Heller - Catch 22Mario Puzo - The GodfatherKen Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestRobin Moore - The French ConnectionWilliam Peter Blatty - The ExorcistDorothy Whipple - Someone at a DistanceIan Rankin - The FloodIan Rankin - Knots and CrossesIan Rankin - WatchmanGraham Greene - Human FactorIan Rankin - WestwindMichael Connelly - Desert StarJames Ellroy - LA ConfedentialLawrence Block - A Drop of the Hard StuffWilliam McIlvanney - LaidlawDenise Mina - The Long DropAnita Nair - Cut Like WoundThomas Pynchon - Short StoriesStieg Larsson - Girl with the Dragon TattooHenning Mankell - Faceless KillersJo Nesbo - The SnowmanHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeAlasdair Gray - Poor ThingsAlasdair Gray - LanarkJohn Niven - Oh BrotherJilly Cooper - Tackle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.