Robert Wilson (writer)
Robert Wilson (* 1957 ) is a British crime writer .
Life
Wilson studied English literature at Oxford and worked for years in many different professions before starting his writing career with four novels set in West Africa with the British private investigator and drunkard Bruce Medway as the central figure. After two political thrillers , in 2003 he presented the first part of a series of detective novels , which has since become globally successful, about chief inspector Javier Falcon, who works in Seville , Spain .
Robert Wilson lives in Portugal .
Awards
- 1999 Gold Dagger for A Small Death in Lisbon
- 2003 German Crime Award (Category: International 1) for Death in Lisbon
- 2006 Gumshoe Award for The Vanished Hands
Works
Bruce Medway series
- 1995 Instruments of Darkness
- 1996 The Big Killing
- 1997 Blood is Dirt
- 1997 A Darkening Stain
Lisbon / espionage series
- 1999 A Small Death in Lisbon
- Death in Lisbon , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Goldmann 2002. ISBN 3-442-45218-X
- 2001 The Company of Strangers
- The hidden face , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Goldmann 2003. ISBN 3-442-45219-8
Javier Falcon series
- 2003 The Blind Man of Seville
- The Blind of Seville , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Goldmann 2004. ISBN 3-442-45637-1
- 2004 The Silent and The Damned / US title: The Vanished Hands
- The dead of Santa Clara , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Page & Turner 2005. ISBN 3-442-20294-9
- 2006 The Hidden Assassins
- The Mask of Evil , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Page & Turner 2007. ISBN 3-442-20314-7
- 2009 The Ignorance of Blood
- Andalusian Requiem , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Page & Turner 2009. ISBN 978-3-442-20316-1
Wilson's Javier Falcon series was the model for the 2012 TV miniseries Falcón - a co-production of Sky (Great Britain), Canal + (Spain) and ZDF - with four episodes, which aired in the UK on Sky Atlantic in November and December 2012. Marton Csokas played the role of Chief Inspector Falcón .
Charles Boxer Series
- 2013 Capital Punishment
- Die for me , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Page & Turner 2013. ISBN 978-3-442-20422-9
- 2014 You Will Never Find Me
- You will never find me , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Page & Turner 2014. ISBN 978-3442204397
- 2015 Stealing People
- The hour of the kidnappers , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Goldmann 2016. ISBN 978-3-442-31428-7
- 2016 Hear No Lies
- Who sows lies , German by Kristian Lutze; Munich: Goldmann 2017. ISBN 978-3-442-31453-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Wilson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Robert Wilson at perlentaucher.de
- Official website (English)
- Interview on Krimi-Couch.de, accessed on April 10, 2009
- Interview on Shotsmag.co.uk, 2003 (English), accessed January 31, 2009
- Interview on Curledup.com, 2003 (English), accessed January 31, 2009
- Interview on Curledup.com, 2004 (English), accessed January 31, 2009
- Interview with Publisher's Weekly, March 4, 2003 (English), accessed on January 31, 2009
- Interview on Spiegel Online, August 22, 2007, accessed on January 31, 2009
- Interview with the star, September 5, 2007, accessed January 31, 2009
- Interview on expatica.com (English); Retrieved April 8, 2009
- Video interview on krimi-couch.de on March 21, 2009 (English); Retrieved April 8, 2009
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wilson, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British crime writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |