  David Dickinson was born in Dublin. After obtaining a degree in Classics from Cambridge University, he joined the BBC where he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama. He left the BBC in 1998 to become a full-time writer. He lives in Barnes, South West London. Dickinson is the creator of 'Lord Francis Powerscourt', an Irish investigator in Victorian England. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Lord Francis Powerscourt' Novels | |
| 1) Goodnight Sweet Prince | 2001 |
| 2) Death and the Jubilee | 2003 |
| 3) Death of an Old Master | 2004 |
| 4) Death of a Chancellor | 2005 |
| 5) Death Called to the Bar | 2006 |
| 6) Death on the Nevskii Prospekt | 2006 |
| 7) Death on the Holy Mountain | 2008 |
| 8) Death of a Pilgrim | 2009 |
| 9) Death of a Wine Merchant | 2010 |
| 10) Death in a Scarlet Coat | 2011 |
| 11) Death at the Jesus Hospital | 2012 |
| 12) Death of an Elgin Marble | 2014 |
| 13) Death Comes to the Ballets Russes | 2015 |
| 14) Death Comes to Lynchester Close | 2016 |
| 15) Death at Melrose Hall | 2017 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Mycroft Holmes and the Adventure of the Silver Birches (short story) | 2018 |
| 2) Mycroft Holmes and the Adventure of the Naval Engineer (e-story) | 2018 |
| 3) Mycroft Holmes and the Case of the Missing Popes (e-story) | 2018 |
| 4) Mycroft Holmes and the Bankers' Conclave (e-story) | 2018 |
| 5) Mycroft Holmes and Murder at the Diogenes Club (e-story) | 2018 |
| 6) Mycroft Holmes: The Case of the Romanov Pearls (e-story) | 2018 |
| 7) The Mycroft Holmes Omnibus (short stories) (e-book) | 2018 |
| 8) The Mycroft Holmes Casebook (short stories) (e-book) | 2018 |