Andrew Martin (novelist)
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| Andrew Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 July 1962 York, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genres | Crime Fiction |
| Notable work(s) | Jim Stringer |
Andrew Martin (born 6 July 1962) is an English novelist and journalist.
A former Spectator Young Writer of the Year, he grew up in Yorkshire and studied at Oxford University. After qualifying as a barrister he became a freelance journalist, in which capacity he has written about the North, class, trains, seaside towns and eccentric individuals. He has written for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, The New Statesman and Granta, among other publications, and has also written for radio.
His first novel, Bilton, was followed by The Bobby Dazzlers, a comic novel set in the north of England. He is best known for a series of detective novels set on the railways in Edwardian England. Novels in this series include The Necropolis Railway, The Blackpool Highflyer, The Lost Luggage Porter (2006), Murder At Deviation Junction (2007) and Death On A Branch Line (forthcoming, June 2008). His hero, Jim Stringer, is a former railwayman reassigned as a detective with the Yorkshire Railway Police.
Martin has also edited the Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations.
He lives in north London with his wife Lisa freedman and two sons.
