Lin (Linda) Anderson (born in

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, Scotland) is a Tartan Noir

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and

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, best known as the creator of forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod. the Rhona MacLeod books are being developed for ITV.

Life and career

Anderson was born in Greenock, of Scottish and Irish parents. Her father was a detective in the CID. She worked in the Nigerian bush for five years during the 1980s, and later wrote an African short story which was broadcast on BBC Radio Four. Another of her African stories was published in the 10th Anniversary Macallan/ Scotland on Sunday Short Story Collection. Before turning full-time to writing, she used to teach maths and computing at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. A film of her screenplay ''Small Love'' was shown at London Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2001, and broadcast on Scottish Television in 2001 and 2002. Since then she has graduated from the newly founded

Screen Academy Scotland The Screen Academy Scotland (A Skillset Film Academy) is a collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Edinburgh College of Art. It was opened in August 2005 by the then First Minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell, and is based in Edinb ...

, and has further screenplays in production.River Child
Lin is a massive fan of the film

Braveheart ''Braveheart'' is a 1995 American historical drama film directed and produced by, and starring Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays Sir William Wallace, a late-13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence ag ...

, claiming to have seen it over fifty times, and in 2004 wrote a book about the making of it (see Non-fiction below). Lin is a member of the ''Femmes Fatales'' crime writing trio, together with Alanna Knight and Alex Gray. She and Alex Gray are amongst the co-founders of Bloody Scotland, a Tartan Noir and Scottish crime writer's festival, which is held in Stirling since 2012.

Bibliography

Rhona MacLeod series

* ''Driftnet'' (2003) * ''Torch'' (2004) * ''Deadly Code'' (2005) * ''Blood Red Roses'' (2005) * ''Dark Flight'' (2007) * ''Easy Kill'' (2008) * ''Final Cut'' (2009) * ''The Reborn'' (2010) * ''Picture Her Dead'' (2011) * ''Paths of the Dead'' (2014) * ''The Special Dead'' (2015) * ''None But the Dead'' (2016) * ''Follow the Dead'' (2017) * ''Sins of the Dead'' (2018) * ''Time for the Dead'' (2019)

Patrick de Courvoisier series

* ''The Case of the Black Pearl'' (2014) * ''The Case of the Missing Madonna'' (2015)

Blaze Dog Detective series (with Donald McKay)

* ''The Magic Flag Mystery'' (2020)

Screenplays

* ''Small Love'' (2001) * ''River Child'' (2006) * ''The Incredible Lightness of Brian'' (2006)

Non-fiction

* ''Braveheart: From Hollywood to Holyrood'' (2004)Lin Anderson : BRAVEHEART – From Hollywood to Holyrood
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