Born in the north of London, Colin drove cabs and played guitar in dark bars and rough pubs before joining an advertising agency - 'a step down.' He then worked as a television and radio scriptwriter, and as a freelance journalist. He has been a full time novelist for the last twenty years. He has been a full time novelist for the last twenty years, with his historical novels published widely in Europe, the UK and the USA and translated into seventeen languages.
"Falconer's grasp of the period and places is almost flawless; his pace is good, the dialogue convincing and descriptions effective. He's my kind of writer." The Australian
His quest for authenticity led him to run with the bulls in Pamplona, chase tornadoes across Texas and Oklahoma, go cage shark diving in South Africa, and get tear gassed in La Paz. He has also chased black witches in Mexico and went into the Amazon to undergo ayahuasca ceremonies with Peruvian shamans.
A critic once introduced him to an audience this way: 'Colin Falconer's novels are based on dedicated research and a profound knowledge of his subject, stories of passion and human frailty drawn on a vast canvas, about the perennial nature of love and the human spirit.'
