Martina Devlin
| Martina Devlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Omagh, Co Tyrone |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Genre | Historical, Non-fiction, Speculative |
Martina Devlin is an Irish award-winning columnist and best selling novelist.[1]
Biography
Devlin was born in Omagh, Co Tyrone. She worked in Fleet street before moving to Dublin. Her original degree was in journalism and then Devlin went to Trinity College, Dublin to do an MPhil in Anglo-Irish Literature.[2] Then she began working as a journalist in Dublin and writing novels.[3][4] Devlin does not write by genre. One of her books is historical and another is speculative fiction.[5]
She is the vice-chairperson of the Irish Writers Centre.
Awards
Devlin has won numerous awards for both her writing and journalism.
- 1996 Hennessy Literary Award for her first short story
- 2009 Writer-in-residence at the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco
- 2010 GALA columnist of the year
- 2011 National Newspapers of Ireland columnist of the year
- 2012 Royal Society of Literature’s VS Pritchett short story award for her unpublished story Singing Dumb.
She has been shortlisted twice for the Irish Book of the Year awards.[6] Her non fiction novel Banksters topped the best seller list.[7]
Bibliography
Fiction
- Three Wise Men (London, Harper Collins, 2000)
- Be Careful What You Wish For (Harper Collins, 2001)
- Venus Reborn (Dublin, Poolebeg, 2003)
- Temptation (Poolebeg Press, 2004)
- Ship of Dreams (Poolebeg, 2007).
Non-fiction
- The Hollow Heart: The True Story of How One Woman’s Desire to Have a Baby Almost Destroyed Her Life (London, Penguin Books, 2005)
- Banksters, with David Murphy (Dublin, Hachette Books Ireland, 2009).
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