{"birth_date": "7 July 1955", "source_records": ["bwb:9781525276255"], "name": "Martin Edwards", "key": "/authors/OL229332A", "personal_name": "Martin Edwards", "photos": [8161744, -1], "remote_ids": {"wikidata": "Q4529813", "gnd": "133063194"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "bio": "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\r\n\r\nHe 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.\r\nfrom Goodreads", "alternate_names": ["Kenneth Martin Edwards"], "latest_revision": 7, "revision": 7, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-11-24T05:41:47.856571"}}