Alan Gold (author)
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Alan Gold | |
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Born | 1945 Leicester, United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Nationality | New South Wales, Australia |
Genre | Historical Fiction |
Years active | 1975- |
Alan David Gold (born 1945) is a novelist, columnist, and human rights activist.[1]
Life and career[edit]
Born in Leicester, United Kingdom, Alan Gold began his working life on British provincial newspapers such as the Leicester Mercury before becoming a freelance correspondent in the United Kingdom and Europe. He and his wife Eva moved to Australia in 1970.[2]
He has written thirty books which have been published and translated internationally. His novels deal with a wide range of subjects, most often associated with modern and ancient history and politics and Judaism.
He is a regular literary critic for The Australian and also an opinion columnist for The Spectator Australia.[3] In June 2000, he was the New South Wales Human Rights Orator, as well as the B'nai B'rith Human Rights Orator in Sydney and Melbourne. He is a visiting guest lecturer in literature at major Australian universities and a regular lecturer and speaker on matters of literature, racism, and human rights.
He is a past President of the Anti-Defamation Unit of B'nai B'rith, is a member of think tanks the Sydney Institute and the Centre for Independent Studies, and has been a board member of the international writers' centre, Varuna, the Vice President of the human rights program Courage to Care, and the literary co-ordinator of the New South Wales University Shalom College's Festival, Limmud Oz. He is a visiting scholar to the Melbourne Limmud Oz.
He is married with three children and lives in Sydney, Australia.
Bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
Year | Title | Imprint | ISBN |
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1975 | The Pregnant Father (illustrated by Graham Austin) | Fontana | ISBN 0006341470 |
1992 | Marketing for Small Business | Allen & Unwin | ISBN 1863730915 |
1993 | The Jericho Files | HarperCollins | ISBN 0732249945 |
1994 | The Lost Testament | ISBN 0732250773 | |
1995 | The Final Candidate | ISBN 0732251788 | |
1998 | The Marmara Contract | HarperCollins | ISBN 0732259916 |
The Gift of Evil | ISBN 0732256534 | ||
1999 | Minyan | ISBN 0732264006 | |
Berlin Song | ISBN 0732265851 | ||
2001 | Jezebel | ISBN 073226829X | |
2003 | The Pirate Queen | ISBN 0732268281 | |
2005 | Warrior Queen: The Story of Boudica, Celtic Queen | New American Library | ISBN 0451215257 |
2006 | El Imperio de la Reina | Via Magna (Spain) | ISBN 8493467960 |
2013 | Bloodline | Simon & Schuster | ISBN 9781922052834 |
2014 | Stateless | ISBN 9781922052889 | |
Bell of the Desert | Yucca Publishing | ISBN 9781631580079 | |
2015 | Birthright | Atria Publishing Group | ISBN 9781476759869 |
Bat Out of Hell | Yucca Publishing | ISBN 9781631580628 | |
2016 | The Mechanic | ISBN 9781631580857 | |
Redemption: Three Thousand Years of Rulers, Religion, Power, Politics, Corruption, and a City Named Jerusalem | CreateSpace | ISBN 9781537145525 | |
2018 | The Pretender's lady | Skyhorse Publishing | ISBN 1510732829 |
2020 | The Book of Mary | GWPublishers | ISBN 0648710254 |
Essays and columns[edit]
- Gold, Alan (4 January 2014). "Diary". The Spectator Australia. 324 (9671): v.
- Growing internet dependence sapping our life skills
References[edit]
- ^ Austlit - Alan Gold
- ^ "Alan Gold". HarperCollins. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Alan Gold