Mark Timlin

British writer

PersonAge 82humanQ6770002

Born: June 15, 1944
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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, 1950
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1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2020-05-29
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Birthplace: Cheltenham
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: crime fiction writer
, science fiction writer
, writer
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1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2020-06-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Languages spoken, written or signed: British English

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Mark Timlin is a British author best known for his series of novels featuring Nick Sharman, a former Metropolitan Police officer who takes up the profession of private investigator in South London. The Sharman books are characterised by their noir tone and their fast action, and feature a high casualty rate among their characters; Sharman himself is frequently injured or even hospitalised in the course of the novels. The books formed the basis for the TV series Sharman, in which Clive Owen played the eponymous detective; Timlin made a cameo appearance in the pilot episode.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Given name: Mark
Family name: Timlin

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