Ian Pattison and school left each other when he was fifteen. He worked at a succession of jobs. Happily, none of them required qualifications. Discovering Camus’ The Outsider in a Paisley book shop set him off on a reading binge. Which in turn lead him to try writing. His television work to date includes creating and writing all 67 episodes of the Network comedy show Rab C Nesbitt. He has written for theatre and continues to do so. He has published 4 novels.