Robert Francis Goddard was born in Fareham, Hampshire. He was educated at a local primary school followed by Price's School in Fareham. He obtained a degree in history from Cambridge University. After Cambridge, he made an unsuccessful attempt at journalism. He then started teaching but he didn't take to it. It was followed by an administration job at the Education Department of Devon County Council. In his spare time he wrote a novel. He approached the publishers, Robert Hale and they published his first novel which was an immediate success. Goddard is married and he and his wife live in Truro, Cornwall. |
Titles and year of publication:
1) Past Caring | 1986 |
2) In Pale Battalions | 1988 |
3) Painting the Darkness | 1989 |
4) Into the Blue | 1990 |
5) Take No Farewell | 1991 |
6) Hand in Glove | 1992 |
7) Closed Circle | 1993 |
8) Borrowed Time | 1995 |
9) Out of the Sun | 1996 |
10) Beyond Recall | 1997 |
11) Caught in the Light | 1998 |
12) Set in Stone | 1999 |
13) Sea Change | 2000 |
14) Dying to Tell | 2001 |
15) Days Without Number | 2003 |
16) Play to the End | 2004 |
17) Sight Unseen | 2005 |
18) Never Go Back | 2006 |
19) Name to a Face | 2007 |
20) Found Wanting | 2008 |
21) Long Time Coming (Edgar Award) | 2010 |
22) Blood Count | 2011 |
23) Fault Line | 2012 |
24) The Ways of the World | 2013 |
25) The Corners of the Globe | 2014 |
26) The Ends of the Earth | 2015 |
27) Panic Room | 2018 |
28) One False Move | 2019 |
29) The Fine Art of Invisible Detection | 2021 |
30) This Is the Night They Come for You | 2022 |