Barry Maitland (born 1941 in Scotland) is an Australian author of crime fiction. After studying architecture at

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...

, 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 : #''The Marx Sisters'' (1994) #'' The Malcontenta'' (1995) #''All My Enemies'' (1996) #''The Chalon Heads'' (1999) #''Silvermeadow'' (2000) #''Babel'' (2002) #''The Verge Practice'' (2003) #''No Trace'' (2004) #''Spider Trap'' (2006) #''Dark Mirror'' (2009) #''Chelsea Mansions'' (2011) #''The Raven's Eye'' (2013) #''The Promised Land'' (2019) #''The Russian Wife'' (2021)

Harry Belltree trilogy

In September, 2014 Maitland published the first of the Harry Belltree trilogy. #''Crucifixion Creek: The Belltree Trilogy, Book One'', , ASIN B00LZ1U6IY, Text (24 September 2014) #''Ash Island'' (2015) #''Slaughter Park'' (2016)

Others

* ''Bright Air'' (2008)

Awards

Ned Kelly Awards The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to rewar ...

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''

References

External links

Barry Maitland's websiteReview of ''The Marx Sisters''
– ''Kirkus Reviews'' (May 2010)
Review of ''Crucifixion Creek''
– ''AustCrime'' (January 2015)

– ''Booklover Book Reviews'' (January 2019) 1941 births Living people 20th-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian novelists Australian crime writers Australian crime fiction writers Australian mystery writers Australian male novelists Ned Kelly Award winners 20th-century Australian male writers 21st-century Australian male writers Scottish emigrants to Australia {{Australia-writer-stub