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Colin Bowles

コリン・ボウルズ

Korin Bōruzu

Aliases: Colin Falconer
Pen Names: Colin Falconer（Pen name for novels, thrillers, and children's books）, Mark D'Abranville（Pen name）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1953-01-01 （London）
Nationality
United Kingdom, Australia
Languages
English
Residence History
North London, UK → Australia → Sydney

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist, taxi driver, guitarist, advertising agency worker
Active Years
1984-

Awards

Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel
2000
Work: Rough Justice
Organization: Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
Result: Finalist
Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel
2001
Work: The Certainty of Doing Evil
Organization: Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
Result: Finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Harem

1993 historical thriller

Story of Suleiman the Magnificent's harem.

historypowerlust

Aztec

1999 historical novel

Story set in the Aztec empire.

empireconquest

Feathered Serpent

2002 historical novel

Story revolving around the Feathered Serpent.

mythologyadventure

Bibliography

  • Harem
  • Aztec
  • Feathered Serpent
  • The Sultan's Harem
  • Silk Road
  • Anastasia
  • Isabella: Braveheart of France
  • East India
  • Nights in the Sun
  • Venom
  • Deathwatch
  • Fury Book 1: Live For Me
  • Opium
  • Triad
  • Dangerous
  • Disappeared
  • Rough Justice
  • The Certainty of Doing Evil
  • When We Were Gods
  • My Beautiful Spy
  • Pearls
  • Stairway to the Moon
  • Surfing Mr. Petrovic
  • Colossus
  • Stigmata
  • The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane
  • Lord of the Atlas
  • Fury Book 2: Sleeping with the Enemy
  • Ends of the Earth

Translations by Author

  • The Year We Seized the Day

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Thrilling narrativeBlending of historical facts
Recurring Motifs
power strugglescross-cultural encounters

Legacy

English-born Australian writer known internationally for historical thrillers. Books translated into 17 languages.