Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards was born in Knutsford, Cheshire in 1955 and educated in Northwich and at Balliol College, Oxford University, where he achieved a first class honours degree in Law.
He trained as a solicitor in Leeds and moved to Liverpool when he qualified in 1980.
Martin published his first legal article at the age of 25 and his first book, about legal aspects of buying a business computer at 27, becoming a partner in the firm of Mace and Jones in 1984.
He is married to Helena and has 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, the most prestigious award in crime writing.
In 2007 he was appointed archivist of the Crime Writers Association.
Read our archive interview with Martin Edwards here.
A LiveRead video of Martin Edwards reading an extract from one of his award-winning crime novels will be broadcast on Wednesday 17th March.
