Martin Edwards was educated in Northwich and at Balliol College, Oxford University, taking a first class honours degree in law. He trained as a solicitor in Leeds and moved to Liverpool on qualifying in 1980. He published his first legal article at the age of 25 and become a partner in the firm of Mace and Jones in 1984
He is married to Helena with two children (Jonathan and Catherine) and lives in Lymm. Martin is a member of the Murder Squad collective of crime writers, and is chairman of the nominations sub-committee for the CWA Diamond Dagger (crime writing's most prestigious award). In 2007 he was appointed the Archivist of the Crime Writers Association.
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Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, English literature, England, fiction, Murder, Investigation, Crime, fiction, Fiction, crime, Large type books, Devlin, harry (fictitious character), fiction, Lawyers, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, mystery & detective, short stories, Police, Cold cases (Criminal investigation), Crime, Detectives, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Harry Devlin (Fictitious character)Places
England, Great Britain, Lake District (England), Liverpool (England), Lake District, London, London (England), 221B Baker Street, Alpha Inn, Baker Street, British Museum, Brixton, Cambridge, Covent Garden, Dorset Street, Scotland, Strand, Trinity College, University of Oxford, Wales, WarwickshirePeople
John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Daniel Kind (Fictitious character), Hannah Scarlett (Fictitious character), Baker Street Irregulars, Breckinridge, Catherine Cusack, Countess of Morcar, Cyril Overton, Godfrey Staunton, Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862-1910), Henry Baker, James Ryder, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), John Horner, Leslie Armstrong, Lord Mount-James, Mrs Oakshott, Mrs. Oakshott, Peterson, Pompey, Rachel Howells, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), the AtkinsonsID Numbers
- OLID: OL229332A
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 133063194
- Wikidata: Q4529813
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q4529813
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- Kenneth Martin Edwards
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