Ian straddled a time when no journalists went to university or J-school and one now when everyone does, but he left journalism to write fiction, on similar subjects. He said writing novels let you use all your resources and delve in ways that journalism’s prim, limiting procedures didn’t. He got into journalism because he wanted to reveal the truth, and he got out of it and into fiction for the same reason. Writers set up an Ian Adams Defence Fund, the suit was settled, the book reappeared. Ian also wrote film scripts, often with his son Riley, a screenwriter, some based on Ian’s novels.

Source: thestar November 12, 2021 20:54 UTC