Lin Anderson

Born to Scottish and Irish parents, Lin Anderson is a Scottish crime novelist and screenwriter better known for her Tartan Noir form of writing. Tartan Noir is a crime fiction genre particular to Scotland the Scottish writers. Scottish literature has a deep connection with this type of writing style and Lin Anderson has written and published several novels and short stories on it. Lin was born in Greenock and her father was a CID detective, thus the influence of writing crime novels. She graduated from Glasgow as well as Edinburgh University. She did her MA in mathematics from Glasgow University and did her post graduation in Education from Edinburgh University. A Mathematics and computing teacher by profession, she has lived in different parts of Scotland and also has spent five years in the African Bush. She created forensic scientist Dr. Rhona MacLeod series which is her best-selling crime thriller novels so far. The series has been translated widely into many other languages. She is the founding member of the crime writing festival of Scotland- ‘Bloody Scotland’. The festival has encouraged many crime writers from all across Scotland to take part in it and display their views and ideas on how to use the Tartan Noir form at its best. Before turning to a full-time writer, she taught computing and mathematics at George Watson’s College in Edinburg.