Marshall Browne

A former merchant banker, Browne lived in Hong Kong, London, and Bhutan. He later lived in Melbourne. He served as a commando in the Australian forces, and as a paratrooper in the British forces. At the age of 22, he considered joining the French Foreign Legion. However, after meeting his future wife, Browne decided to commit to a career as a banker, following the example of his great-great-grandfather, William Browne, who had founded Australia's first bank.{{cite web | last=Steger | first=Jason | title=Banking on the action in Berlin | website=WAToday | date=March 7, 2009 | url=https://www.watoday.com.au/entertainment/books/banking-on-the-action-in-berlin-20090307-ge7py7.html | access-date=June 15, 2025}} He ultimately spent 37 years working for the National Australia Bank.

Browne's wife Merell was an interior designer and their daughter Justine worked at the Australian embassy in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |last=Steger |first=Jason |date=2014-02-21 |title=Bookmarks |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/bookmarks-20140220-332jc.html |access-date= |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Agency |first= |title=Marshall Browne |url=https://inkwellmanagement.com/client/marshall-browne |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=InkWell Management Literary Agency |language=en}}

Browne wrote his first three novels in the 1970s before taking a long hiatus. When he retired from banking in 1991, he wrote a historical fiction trilogy before turning to mysteries.

Browne died in Melbourne on 14 February 2014.[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/bookmarks-20140220-332jc.html "Browne signs off", Sydney Morning Herald, Bookmarks, 22 February 2014]. Retrieved 7 April 2014

Browne's novels include The Melbourne Trilogy series of historical novels (The Gilded Cage, The Burnt City, and The Trumpeting Angel), the Inspector Anders series of crime novels (The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders, Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools and Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta), and the Franz Schmidt series (Eye of the Abyss and The Iron Heart). The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders (1999) was awarded the Ned Kelly prize for a first crime novel. It also made the shortlist of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2002.

The author stated that he intended to write further works featuring Hideo Aoki, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police detective from Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn.[http://www.middlemiss.org/weblog/archives/matilda/2008/03/australian_crim.html Australian Crime Fiction Snapshot] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011122336/http://www.middlemiss.org/weblog/archives/matilda/2008/03/australian_crim.html |date=2008-10-11 }}

• Glen Eira Literary Awards, 'My Brother Jack' Short Story Award, 1999: joint winner for Point of Departure, Point of Return{{cite web|title= Austlit — Glen Eira Award |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v827|access-date= 18 June 2025}}
• Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel Award, 2000: winner for The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders{{Cite web |title=2000 Ned Kelly Award Winners |url=http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181222/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/6 |archive-date=2016-03-27 |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=Australian Crime Writers}}
• The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2002: shortlisted for The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders
• Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2006: shortlisted for Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn{{cite web|title= Austlit — Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn – Awards |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C555008?mainTabTemplate=workAwards|access-date= 18 June 2025}}

• The Gilded Cage (1995){{cite web|title= The Gilded Cage by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/985993|access-date= 15 July 2024}}
• The Burnt City (1999){{cite web|title= The Burnt City by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1364955|access-date= 15 July 2024}}
• The Trumpeting Angel (2001){{cite web|title= The Trumpeting Angel by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/712015|access-date= 15 July 2024}}

• The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders (1999)
• Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools (2001)
• Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta (2006)
• Inspector Anders and the Prague Dossier (2016) published after his death by his daughter

• The Eye of the Abyss (2002){{cite web|title= The Eye of the Abyss by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/528201 |access-date= 12 January 2025}}
• The Iron Heart (2009){{cite web|title= The Iron Heart by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4497622 |access-date= 12 January 2025}}

• Dragon Strike (1981){{cite web|title= Dragon Strike by Marshall Browne|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C379269|access-date= 12 January 2025}}
• City of Masks (1981){{cite web|title= City of Masks by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3548358 |access-date= 12 January 2025}}
• Dark Harbour (1984){{cite web|title= Dark Harbour by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3256818 |access-date= 12 January 2025}}
• Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn (2005){{cite web|title= Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3598139 |access-date= 12 January 2025}}

• Point of Departure, Point of Return (2003) (short story collection){{cite web|title= Point of Departure, Point of Return by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2606165 |access-date= 12 January 2025}}
• The Sabre and the Shawl (2014) (novella){{cite web|title= The Sabre and the Shawl by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6418797 |access-date= 12 January 2025}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080919151300/http://www.duffyandsnellgrove.com.au/authors/browne.htm Author's website ]
• [http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/marshallbrowne Marshall Browne page on Crimespace]

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