Robert Wilson
1957
Robert Wilson is one of the noteworthy novelists from The United Kingdom who likes to write his books based on the crime fiction, spy fiction, and historical mystery genres. He has famously written the Javier Falcons, Brude Medway, and the Charles Boxer series. Author Wilson has won the Gold Dagger Award from the CWA in the year 1999. One of his books titled The Silent and the Dammed, which was released in the United States as The Vanished Hands, has won the 206 Gumshoe Award. The novels of the Javier Falcon series written him have been adapted for a TV series. It stars Marton Csokas in the lead role as Javier Falcon and is broadcast for the Sky television channel. Author Wilson made his career debut as a published novelist in the year 1995 with the release of his first book titled Instruments of Darkness. He was born in the year 1957 in Stanmford, The United Kingdom. His father was a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force. Due to this, he had to change a number of bases during his childhood days. Author Wilson has said that he got so much used to this experience that he adapted himself completely to the change. It was his mother who encouraged him to read books, but he was interested in various sports activities. At the age of 6, he traveled to France along with his father as he was posted there. This was the first opportunity of author Wilson to visit a foreign country. During his stay in France, he studied in a French school and loved mussels. Then he was sent back to an England, where he learned a lot about the brutal world.