Between Iain Banks and Irwin Shaw, which writer has had a more diverse career?
Iain Banks Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies ( ).
Iain R. Smith Iain Robertson Smith (born July 1939) is emeritus reader in history at the University of Warwick. He is a specialist in the history of South Africa and the South African War in particular. Smith was a member of Council of The Historical Association from 1980 to 1995 and editor of the New Appreciations in History series.