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| Born | Colin Bowles 1953 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Website | Official website |
Colin Falconer (born 1953) is a pen name of Colin Bowles, who also uses the pen name Mark D'Abranville,[2] an English-born Australian writer. Works published under the pen name include contemporary and historical thrillers, and children's books. Under his original name he has also published books of satirical fiction; non-fiction books about language; television and radio scripts; and many magazine articles and columns.
Biography edit
Born in North London, Bowles moved to Australia in his twenties and worked as a taxi driver and guitarist before joining an advertising agency.[3] In 1984 he moved to Sydney to pursue a career as a writer.
He worked as a freelance journalist for various major magazines and wrote scripts for radio and television before becoming a full-time novelist in 1990. His books have been translated into 17 languages.[4] He lives in Australia with his wife.
Awards edit
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Rough Justice | Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel | Finalist | [5] |
| 2001 | The Certainty of Doing Evil | Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel | Finalist | [5] |
Novels by Colin Falconer edit
Falconer novels have an international audience. Harem (also published as The Sultan's Harem), the story of Suleiman the Magnificent, sold over 150,000 copies in Germany alone.
- Harem (1993)
- Aztec (1999)
- Feathered Serpent (2002)
- The Sultan's Harem (2004)
- Silk Road (2011)
- Anastasia (2012)
- Isabella: Braveheart of France (2013)
- East India (2014)
- Nights in the Sun
- Venom
- Deathwatch (1991)
- Fury Book 1: Live For Me (1993)[6]
- Opium
- Triad
- Dangerous
- Disappeared
- Rough Justice
- The Certainty of Doing Evil
- When We Were Gods
- My Beautiful Spy
- Pearls
- Stairway to the Moon (sequel to Pearls)
- Surfing Mr. Petrovic
- Colossus
- Stigmata
- The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane (2017)
- Lord of the Atlas (2022)
- Fury Book 2: Sleeping with the Enemy (2022)[7]
- Ends of the Earth (2023)[8]
Works by Colin Bowles edit
These include:
- Wit's Dictionary
- G'day, Teach Yourself Australian
- The Year We Seized the Day (2007, with Elizabeth Best)
- "Flying Blind"
- "Flying Hazzard"
References edit
- ^ "Front Page with author name". doi:10.15282/mohe.v9i1.411.s139. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ My Beautiful Spy, fronticepiece, ISBN 1863255060
- ^ "Colin Falconer Author Bookshelf". Random House. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Colin Falconer". Conville & Walsh Literary Agency. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Colin Falconer". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Fury Book 1: Live For Me. ASIN B09Z9KWVVG.
- ^ Fury Book 2: Sleeping With the Enemy. ASIN B0BCCVTMTN.
- ^ Ends of the Earth). ASIN 064581475X.
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