Editing Lindsey Davis (section)

==Writing==
Davis's interest in [[history]] and [[archaeology]] led to her writing a historical novel about [[Vespasian]] and his lover [[Antonia Caenis]] (''[[The Course of Honour]]''), for which she could not find a publisher. She tried again, and her first novel featuring the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] "[[detective]]", Marcus Didius Falco, ''The Silver Pigs'' (1989), set in the same time period, was the start of her runaway success as a writer of [[historical whodunnit]]s.  A further 19 Falco novels have followed, as well as ''The Course of Honour'', which was published in 1997.  She published ''[[Falco: The Official Companion]]'' in June 2010.

''[[Rebels and Traitors]]'', set in the period of the [[English Civil War]], was published in September 2009.

''[[Master and God]]'', published in March 2012, is set in ancient Rome and concerns the emperor [[Domitian]].

In 2012, Davis and her publishers, [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in the UK and [[St. Martin's Press]] in the US, announced that she was writing a new series of books centred on Flavia Albia, Falco's British-born adopted daughter and "an established female investigator". The first title, ''[[The Ides of April]]'' was published on 11 April 2013 in the UK,<ref name=flavia>{{cite web|title=Lindsey's page: Next Book |url=http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/lindseyspage.htm |publisher=The Official Website of Lindsey Davis |access-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911103325/http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/lindseyspage.htm |archive-date=11 September 2012 }} ''(Copy of publishers' press release)''</ref> and its sequel, ''[[Enemies at Home]]'', was published in 2014,<ref name=ld-enemies>{{cite web|url = http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/publications/enemies-at-home/|title = Enemies at Home|website = Lindsey Davis official website|access-date = 1 August 2013}}</ref> followed by annual additions. In an interview in 2019 Davis discussed her plan to write an Albia novel set on each of the [[seven hills of Rome]], starting with the [[Aventine Hill]] in the book ''The Ides of April'' and culminating with the [[Capitoline Hill]] in the book ''[[A Capitol Death]]''.<ref name=hodder-interview />  By 2022 she had published three more Albia books, set in particular locations just outside the [[Servian Wall|wall of Rome]]. After two further books in and around Rome, her 13th Flavia Alba book will be set near [[Pompeii]], ten years after [[Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD|the eruption of Vesuvius]].<ref name=lindsey2024oct7 />

Davis has won many literary awards, including, in 2011, the [[Cartier Diamond Dagger]] of the Crime Writers' Association given to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre.<ref name=allen>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Katie|title=Davis to be awarded Cartier Diamond Dagger Award|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/davis-be-awarded-cartier-diamond-dagger-award.html|access-date=26 January 2011|newspaper=[[The Bookseller]]|date=25 January 2011}}</ref> She was honorary president of the [[Classical Association]] from 1997 to 1998, and is a life member of the Council of the [[Society of Authors]].<ref name="soa">{{cite web |title=About: Council and President: Lindsey Davis |url=https://www.societyofauthors.org/About-Us/Council/Lindsey-Davis |website=www.societyofauthors.org |publisher=The Society of Authors |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>