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Colin Falconer (writer)

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Colin Falconer/Bowles
Colin Falconer on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012
Born
Colin Bowles

1953
London
OccupationWriter
WebsiteOfficial 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

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

Awards for Falconer's writing
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

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

These include:

References

  1. ^ "Front Page with author name". doi:10.15282/mohe.v9i1.411.s139. Retrieved 8 May 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ My Beautiful Spy, fronticepiece, ISBN 1863255060
  3. ^ "Colin Falconer Author Bookshelf". Random House. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Colin Falconer". Conville & Walsh Literary Agency. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Colin Falconer". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  6. ^ Fury Book 1: Live For Me. ASIN B09Z9KWVVG.
  7. ^ Fury Book 2: Sleeping With the Enemy. ASIN B0BCCVTMTN.
  8. ^ Ends of the Earth). ISBN 064581475X.
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