Marshall Browne

Marshall Browne
Born	27 November 1935
Died	14 February 2014
Occupation	Author

Marshall Browne (27 November 1935 – 14 February 2014) was an Australian crime fiction writer.

A former merchant banker, he has lived in Hong Kong, London, and Bhutan. He later lived in Melbourne. He also served as a commando in the Australian forces, and as a paratrooper in the British forces.

He died in Melbourne on 14 February 2014.

Awards and nominations

• Glen Eira Literary Awards, 'My Brother Jack' Short Story Award, 1999: joint winner for Point of Departure, Point of Return
• Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel Award, 2000: winner for The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders
• The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2002: shortlisted for The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders
• Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2006: shortlisted for Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn

Bibliography

Novels

• Dragon Strike (1981)
• City of Masks (1981)
• Dark Harbour (1984)
• The Gilded Cage (1996)
• The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders (1999)
• The Burnt City (1999)
• Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools (2001)
• The Trumpeting Angel (2001)
• The Eye of the Abyss (2002)
• Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta (2006)
• Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn (2006)
• The Iron Heart (2009)

Notes

Browne's novels include The Melbourne Trilogy series of historical novels (The Gilded Cage, The Burnt City, and The Trumpeting Angel), the Inspector Anders series of crime novels (The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders, Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools and Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta), and the Frank Scmidt series (Eye of the Abyss and The Iron Heart).

The author stated that he intended to write further works featuring Hideo Aoki, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police detective from Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn.

Interviews

• Jason Steger for "The West Australian"

External links

• Author's website [1]
• Marshall Browne page on Crimespace [2]