Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh was born in 1958 in Leith, a working-class district of Edinburgh, where he spent the early years of his life. His first book, "Trainspotting," published in 1993, was adapted into a film and a play with great artistic and commercial success. His collection of short stories, "The Acid House," and the novels "Marabou Stork Nightmares" and "Ecstasy" were also adapted for theater and film. He is also involved in writing plays and film scripts, as well as journalism, having a regular column in the "Daily Telegraph" and contributing to "Loaded" magazine and "The Guardian" newspaper. He lives in Dublin