VJ Books Presents Author Lindsey Davis!
Lindsey Davis was born in Birmingham, England in 1949. She graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature and then became a civil servant. Many years later, unhappy in her work, she began writing, letting her passion for history guide her. Soon after, an unpublished historical romance novel of hers was shortlisted for the Georgette Heyer Prize. She later left her job and took up writing full time.
Davis began writing a romantic magazine serial. She then wrote The Course of Honor (1998), which was rejected and remained unpublished for nearly a decade. However, it led to the development of one of her most well-known characters, Marcus Didius Falco. She produced another manuscript, featuring Falco and published The Silver Pigs in 1989. The novel won the Authors’ Club Best First Novel award in 1989 and her character Falco later won the Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective.
She has been the Chair of the UK Crimewriters’ Association, the Honorary President of the Classical Association and the Chair of the Society of Authors. She has earned several additional literary awards and was bestowed with the Premio Colosseo by the city of Rome for her stories' contribution to enhancing the image of Rome.
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Lindsey Davis Bibliography
The Falco Series
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The Silver Pigs - 1989
- Shadows in Bronze - 1990
- Venus in Copper - 1991
- The Iron Hand of Mars - 1992
- Poseidon’s Gold - 1993
- Last Act in Palmyra - 1994
- Time to Depart - 1995
- A Dying Light in Corduba - 1996
- Three Hands in the Fountain - 1997
- Two for the Lions - 1998
- One Virgin Too Many - 1999
- Ode to a Banker - 2000
- A Body in the Bath House - 2001
- The Jupiter Myth - 2002
- The Accusers - 2003
- Scandal Takes a Holiday - 2004
- See Delphi and Die - 2005
- Saturnalia - 2007
- Alexandria - 2009
- Nemesis - 2010
Falco: The Official Companion - 2010
The Albia Series
- The Ides of April - 2013
- Enemies At Home - 2014
- Deadly Election - 2015
- Graveyard of the Hesperides - 2016
- The Third Nero - 2017
- Pandora's Boy - July 2018
- A Capitol Death - July 2019
- The Grove of the Caesars - 2020
- A Comedy of Terrors - 2021
- Desperate Undertaking - 2022
Other Novels
- The Course of Honour - 1997
- Master and God - 2012
- Rebels and Traitors - 2009
- A Cruel Fate - 2014
Short Stories
- The Spook Who Spoke Again - 2015
Novellas
Lindsey Davis Awards
- 1989 - The Silver Pigs - Authors’ Club Best First Novel award
- 1995 - Crimewriters’ Association Dagger in the Library
- 1999 - Two for the Lions - Ellis Peters Historical Dagger
- 2000 - Falco - Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective
- 2009 - The city of Zaragoza International Prize for a career of writing historical novels, the Premio de Honor de Novela Historica Ciudad de Zaragoza
- 2010 - The city of Rome Premio Colosseo for ‘enhancing the image of Rome’
- 2011 - Crimewriters’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement
- 2013 - Barcelona Historical Novel Prize
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