Martina Cole (born Eilidh Martina Cole, in March 1959) is a British crime writer, businesswoman and occasional television presenter. She was brought up in Aveley, and as of 2009 has released seventeen novels about crime some of which examine London's gangster underworld. Four of her novels, Dangerous Lady, The Jump, The Take and The Runaway have been adapted into high-rating television dramas. She has achieved sales of over ten million in the UK ...
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Martina Cole (born Eilidh Martina Cole, in March 1959) is a British crime writer, businesswoman and occasional television presenter. She was brought up in Aveley, and as of 2009 has released seventeen novels about crime some of which examine London's gangster underworld. Four of her novels, Dangerous Lady, The Jump, The Take and The Runaway have been adapted into high-rating television dramas. She has achieved sales of over ten million in the UK alone, and her tenth novel, The Know, spent seven weeks on The Sunday Times's hardback bestsellers list.
Cole was born in Essex in 1959 to Irish Catholic parents. Her mother was from Glasnevin, County Dublin and her father was from Cork City. Her cousin is Cork politician Denis Cregan. She left her convent school at 15 and had her first child, Christopher, at the age of 19.
Martina Cole began writing at the age of 20. She wrote a story and called it Dangerous Lady, however, put it in a cupboard in her kitchen. Cole discovered the book a couple...
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