Andrew Martin (novelist)

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Andrew Martin,(born 6.07.62) is an English novelist and journalist. A former Spectator Young Writer of the Year, he grew up in Yorkshireand 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 and Granta, among other publications and has also written for radio. His acclaimed 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 and The Lost Luggage Porter (2006). His hero, Jim Stringer, is both a train driver and amateur detective. Martin has also edited the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations. He lives in north London with his wife and two sons. Andrew Martins Site[1]

Andrew Martin
Born6th July 1962
York, England
OccupationNovelist
GenreCrime Fiction
Website
http://www.jimstringernovels.com/