Irvine Welsh

Welsh's books have made him a cult figure within the writing world since the 1990s. Several of his books have become best sellers and all have a mixture of comedy, drama and hard-hitting issues...the best-known being _Trainspotting (1996)_ (qv) which was made into a box-office smash worldwide at the movies in 1996. Of his other works, one other has been brought to screen, _The Acid House (1998)_ (qv)..a trilogy of stories and though not as successful as Trainspotting commercially, became a cult success in his homeland of Scotland and the UK. At time of writing, Welsh is currently on a project writing the sequel to Trainspotting called 'Porn', which given the success of the first film, should make him even more famous when released as a film within the next year or so.::Anonymous