Editing Iain Banks (section)

===Illness and death===
On 3 April 2013, Banks announced on his website and on one set up by him and some friends that he had been diagnosed with [[terminal illness|terminal]] [[gallbladder cancer]] and was unlikely to live beyond a year.<ref name="personal statement"/> He stated he would be withdrawing from all public engagements and that ''[[The Quarry (Iain Banks novel)|The Quarry]]'' would be his last novel.<ref name="terminal cancer"/><ref name="Months To Live"/> The dates of publication of ''The Quarry'' were brought forward at Banks's request,<ref name="BBC-death">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047 |title=Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59 |publisher=BBC News |date=9 June 2013 |access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> to 20 June 2013 in the UK<ref name="quarry">{{Cite web |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/iain-banks-the-quarry-cover-art-release-date-and-synopsis-reveal |title=Iain Banks – The Quarry cover art, release date and synopsis reveal |publisher=Upcoming4.me |access-date=30 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507031134/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/iain-banks-the-quarry-cover-art-release-date-and-synopsis-reveal |archive-date=7 May 2013}}</ref> and 25 June 2013 in the US<ref name="jboog">{{Cite web |title=Ian Banks to publish 'The Quarry' in June |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/iain-banks-to-publish-the-quarry-in-june_b69907 |work=GalleyCat |publisher=MediaBistro |access-date=10 May 2013 |author=Jason Boog |date=6 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221014515/http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/iain-banks-to-publish-the-quarry-in-june_b69907 |archive-date=21 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ldeutsch">{{Cite news |title=Book Buzz: New Iain Banks coming in June |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/05/07/book-buzz/2141051/ |newspaper=USA TODAY |access-date=10 May 2013 |author=Lindsay Deutsch |date=7 May 2013}}</ref> and Canada.<ref name="hachette">{{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/iain-m-banks/the-quarry/9780316281843/ |title=The Quarry by Iain M. Banks |publisher=Hachette Book Group  |date=27 June 2017 |isbn=9780316281843 |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> He died on 9 June 2013.<ref name="BBC death"/>