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Martina Devlin

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Occupation
  
Writer

Nationality
  
Irish

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Genre
  
Historical, Non-fiction, Speculative

Books
  
The House Where It Happened, The Hollow Heart, Banksters, Three Wise Men, Be Careful What You Wish For

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Martina Devlin is an Irish award-winning columnist and best selling novelist.

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Biography

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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. Then she began working as a journalist in Dublin and writing novels. Devlin does not write by genre. One of her books is historical and another is speculative fiction.

She is the vice-chairperson of the Irish Writers Centre.

Awards

Devlin has won numerous awards for both her writing and journalism.

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  • 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  • 2012 Royal Society of Literature’s VS Pritchett short story award for her unpublished story Singing Dumb.

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    She has been shortlisted twice for the Irish Book of the Year awards. Her non fiction novel Banksters topped the best seller list.

    Martina Devlin QampA with Martina Devlin Creative Writing Getting Started Workshop

    References

    Martina Devlin Wikipedia
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