Colin Falconer (born 1953) is a pen name of Colin Bowles, who also uses the pen name Mark D'Abranville,My Beautiful Spy, fronticepiece, 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 writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.2000Rough JusticeBarry Award for Best British Crime NovelFinalist2001
Novels by Colin Falconer
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"
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