About Nicholas Rankin
Born 1950. Nicholas Rankin is a British writer.
Nicholas Rankin (born 1950) is an English writer and broadcaster.
Biography Rankin was born in Yorkshire, England, but grew up in Kenya. His father was born in Glasgow. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford. He has lived and worked in Bolivia and Catalonia, Spain.
He worked for the BBC World Service for 20 years. He was Chief Producer, Arts, at the BBC World Service, when his eight-part series on ecology and evolution, A Green History of the Planet, won two UN awards.
He currently works as a freelance writer and broadcaster and lives in London with his wife, the novelist Maggie Gee. He has one daughter, Rosa.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009.
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British writer and broadcaster
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