Ian Rankin is the multi-million selling author of over twenty-five internation bestsellers. His John Rebus crime series had defined modern British crime-writing like no other author. Rona Munro has written plays for theatre, radio, and television. Her film work includes Ken Loach's Ladybird, Ladybird (1994), Oranges and Sunshine (2010) for Jim Loach and Aimée & Jaguar (1999), co-authored by German director Max Färberböck.