Colin Falconer

Colin Falconer (born 1953) is a pen name of Colin Bowles, who also uses the pen name Mark D'Abranville, 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. 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. He lives in Australia with his wife.

Awards +Awards for Falconer's writing Year Title Award Result Ref. 2000 Rough Justice

2001 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) Ends of the Earth (2023)

Works by Colin Bowles These include: Wit's Dictionary G'day, Teach Yourself Australian The Year We Seized the Day (2007, with Elizabeth Best) "Flying Blind" "Flying Hazzard"