Alan Gold
Born1945
Leicester, United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
NationalityNew South Wales, Australia
GenreHistorical Fiction
Years active1975-

Alan David Gold (born 1945) is a novelist, columnist, and human rights activist.[1]

Life and career

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

Books

YearTitleImprintISBN
1975The Pregnant Father (illustrated by Graham Austin)FontanaISBN 0006341470
1992 Marketing for Small Business Allen & Unwin ISBN 1863730915
1993The Jericho FilesHarperCollinsISBN 0732249945
1994The Lost TestamentISBN 0732250773
1995The Final CandidateISBN 0732251788
1998The Marmara ContractHarperCollinsISBN 0732259916
The Gift of EvilISBN 0732256534
1999MinyanISBN 0732264006
Berlin SongISBN 0732265851
2001JezebelISBN 073226829X
2003The Pirate QueenISBN 0732268281
2005Warrior Queen: The Story of Boudica, Celtic QueenNew American LibraryISBN 0451215257
2006 El Imperio de la Reina Via Magna (Spain) ISBN 8493467960
2013BloodlineSimon & SchusterISBN 9781922052834
2014StatelessISBN 9781922052889
Bell of the DesertYucca PublishingISBN 9781631580079
2015BirthrightAtria Publishing GroupISBN 9781476759869
Bat Out of HellYucca PublishingISBN 9781631580628
2016The MechanicISBN 9781631580857
Redemption: Three Thousand Years of Rulers, Religion, Power, Politics, Corruption, and a City Named JerusalemCreateSpaceISBN 9781537145525
2018The Pretender's ladySkyhorse PublishingISBN 1510732829
2020 The Book of Mary GWPublishers ISBN 0648710254

Essays and columns

References

  1. โ†‘ Austlit - Alan Gold
  2. โ†‘ "Alan Gold". HarperCollins. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. โ†‘ Alan Gold
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