Colin Falconer (writer)

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.

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

1953
London
OccupationWriter
WebsiteOfficial website

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 lived for many years near Dunsborough, Western Australia, where he and his late wife, Helen, raised two daughters. While writing, he also worked for many years in the volunteer ambulance service. 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
  • 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)

Works by Colin Bowles

These include:

References
  1. "Front Page with author name". dx.doi.org. doi:10.15282/mohe.v9i1.411.s139. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  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. "Colin Falconer". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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