Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the scene of his first book, the hugely successful Trainspotting. That book shot Welsh to fame, precipitated further by the release of the film version by Danny Boyle. Since then he has written eight other works of fiction. He currently lives in Miami.
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