Colin Falconer (writer)

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Colin Falconer
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Colin Falconer at Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012
Born
Colin Bowles

1953 (age 71–72)
London, England
OccupationWriter
Website Official website

Colin Falconer (born 1953) is a pen name of Colin Bowles, who also uses the pen name Mark D'Abranville, [1] 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.

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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. [2] 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. [3] He lives in Australia with his wife.

Awards

Awards for Falconer's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2000Rough Justice Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel Finalist [4]
2001The Certainty of Doing Evil Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel Finalist [4]

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.

Works by Colin Bowles

These include:

References

  1. ↑ My Beautiful Spy, fronticepiece, ISBN   1863255060
  2. ↑ "Colin Falconer Author Bookshelf". Random House. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Colin Falconer". Conville & Walsh Literary Agency. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Colin Falconer". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Fury Book 1: Live For Me. ASIN   B09Z9KWVVG.
  6. ↑ Fury Book 2: Sleeping With the Enemy. ASIN   B0BCCVTMTN.
  7. ↑ Ends of the Earth. ISBN   064581475X.
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