Alan David Gold (13 August 1945 – June 2024) was an Australian novelist, columnist and human rights activist.Austlit - Alan Gold
Life and career Born in Leicester, United Kingdom, Alan Gold began his working life on British provincial newspapers such as the Leicester Mercury before becoming a freelance correspondent in the United Kingdom and Europe. He and his wife Eva moved to Australia in 1970.
He wrote more than thirty books which were published and translated internationally. His novels dealt with a wide range of subjects, most often associated with modern and ancient history and politics and Judaism.
He was a regular literary critic for The Australian and also an opinion columnist for The Spectator Australia.Alan Gold In June 2000, he was the New South Wales Human Rights Orator, as well as the B'nai B'rith Human Rights Orator in Sydney and Melbourne. He was a visiting guest lecturer in literature at major Australian universities and a regular lecturer and speaker on matters of literature, racism and human rights.
He was a past President of the Anti-Defamation Unit of B'nai B'rith, was a member of think tanks the Sydney Institute and the Centre for Independent Studies, and a board member of the international writers' centre, Varuna, the Vice President of the human rights program Courage to Care, and the literary co-ordinator of the New South Wales University Shalom College's Festival, Limmud Oz. He was a visiting scholar to the Melbourne Limmud Oz.
He was married with three children and lived in Sydney, New South Wales.
Gold died after a long illness in June 2024. His funeral was held at Rookwood Cemetery on 19 June 2024.
Bibliography
Books
Year Title Imprint ISBN 1975 The Pregnant Father (illustrated by Graham Austin) Fontana 1992Marketing for Small BusinessAllen & Unwin1993The Jericho FilesHarperCollins 1994The Lost Testament1995The Final Candidate1998The Marmara ContractHarperCollinsThe Gift of Evil1999MinyanBerlin Song2001Jezebel2003The Pirate Queen2005Warrior Queen: The Story of Boudica, Celtic Queen New American Library 2006El Imperio de la ReinaVia Magna (Spain)2013BloodlineSimon & Schuster2014StatelessBell of the DesertYucca Publishing 2015 Birthright Atria Publishing Group Bat Out of HellYucca Publishing 2016The MechanicRedemption: Three Thousand Years of Rulers, Religion, Power, Politics, Corruption, and a City Named Jerusalem CreateSpace 2018The Pretender's LadySkyhorse Publishing2020The Book of MaryGWPublishers
Essays and columns
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References
External links Simon & Schuster author page