Barry Maitland


Barry Maitland is an Australian author of crime fiction. After studying architecture at Cambridge, Maitland practised and taught in the UK before moving to Australia, where he became a professor of architecture at the University of Newcastle. He retired in 2000 and took up writing full-time.

Novels

Brock and Kolla

Maitland has written a series of crime novels known as the Brock and Kolla novels, focussing on Scotland Yard detectives, DCI David Brock and DS Katherine Kolla :
  1. The Marx Sisters
  2. The Malcontenta
  3. All My Enemies
  4. The Chalon Heads
  5. Silvermeadow
  6. Babel
  7. The Verge Practice
  8. No Trace
  9. Spider Trap
  10. Dark Mirror
  11. Chelsea Mansions
  12. The Raven's Eye
  13. The Promised Land
  14. ''The Russian Wife''

Harry Belltree trilogy

In September, 2014 Maitland published the first of the Harry Belltree trilogy.
  1. Crucifixion Creek: The Belltree Trilogy, Book One,, ASIN B00LZ1U6IY, Text
  2. Ash Island
  3. ''Slaughter Park''

Others

  • ''Bright Air''

Awards

  • Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, "Best Novel"
  • *1996, joint winner for The Malcontenta
  • *2000, shortlisted for Chalon Heads and Silvermeadow
  • *2003, shortlisted for Babel
  • *2005, shortlisted for No Trace
  • *2007, shortlisted for Spider Trap
  • *2009, shortlisted for ''Bright Air''