Angus Donald

{{short description|British writer of historical fiction|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use British English|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox writer  | image = Angus Donald.jpg | image_size = | alt = Colour photograph of Angus Donald | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = 1965 | birth_place = China | occupation = Novelist | language = English | nationality = British | citizenship = | education = [[Master of Arts]] in [[Social Anthropology]]<ref name="bn">{{cite web|url=http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Fiction-General-Discussion/Interview-with-Angus-Donald-author-of-Outlaw/m-p/1164926/message-uid/1164926 |title=Interview with Angus Donald author of Outlaw - Barnes & Noble Book Clubs |publisher=Bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com |date=23 September 2011 |access-date=28 October 2011 |author=Debbie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110131012/http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Fiction-General-Discussion/Interview-with-Angus-Donald-author-of-Outlaw/m-p/1164926/message-uid/1164926 |archive-date=10 November 2011 }}</ref> | alma_mater = [[Marlborough College]]<br/>[[University of Edinburgh]] | genre = [[historical fiction]] | movement = | notableworks = ''Outlaw Chronicles'' series ‘Fire Born’ series | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|http://angusdonaldbooks.com/}} | portaldisp = }}

'''Angus Donald''' (born 1965 in China<ref name="Official">{{cite web|url=http://www.angus-donald.com/about/ |title=About Angus Donald « Angus Donald |publisher=Angus-donald.com |access-date=28 October 2011}}</ref>) is a [[British people|British]] writer of [[historical fiction]]. As of 2020, he has released ten novels and three novellas that loosely follow the story of [[Alan-a-Dale]].

==Biography== Donald's parents being British [[diplomats]], much of his childhood was spent in various places around the world, including [[Greece]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Zaire]] and [[Indonesia]].<ref name="PBS"/> After graduating from the [[University of Edinburgh]], Donald worked as a fruit-picker in Greece, a [[waiter]] in New York and as an "[[anthropologist]] studying magic and [[witchcraft]]" in Indonesia.<ref name="Official"/><ref name="PBS"/> He subsequently worked as a journalist in Hong Kong, [[New Delhi]], [[Pakistan]], [[Islamabad]] and [[Afghanistan]] before attempting to write his first novel.<ref name="PBS">{{cite web|url=http://blog.paperbackswap.com/author-interview-with-angus-donald/2011/05/ |title=Author Interview with Angus Donald « PaperBack Swap Blog |publisher=Blog.paperbackswap.com |date=2 May 2011 |access-date=28 October 2011 |author=Jerelyn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/freed-aid-workers-taught-christianity-to-muslims-617225.html |title=Freed aid workers taught Christianity to Muslims - Asia, World |work=The Independent|date=17 November 2001 |access-date=28 October 2011 |first=Angus|last=Donald}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="reuters">{{cite web|last=Roberts |first=Martin |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/us-books-robinhood-idINTRE66D20A20100714 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124203825/http://in.reuters.com/article/us-books-robinhood-idINTRE66D20A20100714 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2016 |title=Novelist reinvents Robin Hood as medieval gangster|work=Reuters |date=14 July 2010 |access-date=28 October 2011}}</ref>

==Books==

===The Outlaw Chronicles=== # [[Outlaw (novel)|''Outlaw'']] (2009) # ''[[Holy Warrior]]'' (2010) # ''[[King's Man]]'' (2011) # ''Warlord'' (2012) # ''Grail Knight'' (2013) # ''The Iron Castle'' (2014) # ''The King's Assassin'' (2015) # ''The Death of Robin Hood'' (2016) # ''Robin Hood and the Caliph's Gold'' (2020) # ''Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones'' (2020)

===Holcroft Blood Novels=== # ''[[Blood´s Game]]'' (2017) # ''[[Blood´s Revolution]]'' (2018) # ''[[Blood´s Campaign]]'' (2019)

====Novellas==== * ''The Rise of Robin Hood'' (2013) * ''The Betrayal of Father Tuck'' (2013) * ''The Hostility of Hanno'' (2013)

====Fire Born Series==== * ''The Last Berserker'' (2021) * ''The Saxon Wolf'' (2022) * ''The Loki Sword'' (2022) * ''King of the North'' (2023)

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.angus-donald.com}}

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