James Conroyd Martin
{{short description|American novelist}}
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James Conroyd Martin is an American historical fiction author and teacher.
Personal
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090205150515/http://jamescmartin.com/index.htm Martin] received his bachelor's degree from Saint Ambrose University and received a Master of Arts in English literature from DePaul University. A native of Chicago, Martin chaired the English Department at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He has since retired and moved to Portland, OR, where he continues writing.
Although not of Polish descent, Martin has been praised by the Polish-American community for his Polish Trilogy and was honored in 2007 by the American Institute of Polish Culture{{Cite web|url=http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/push-not-the-river-an-interview-with-james-c-martin|title=Push Not the River: An Interview with James C. Martin|accessdate=5 January 2009|author=|date=October 30, 2008|work=Interview|publisher=What’s Past is Prologue}} and in 2008 by the Wisconsin Division of the Polish American Congress.{{Cite web|url=http://www.polamcon.org/divnews/wisc0811.htm |title=Wisconsin Division Honors James Conroyd Martin, author of Push not the River |accessdate=5 January 2009 |publisher=Polish American Congress |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718210312/http://www.polamcon.org/divnews/wisc0811.htm |archivedate=July 18, 2009 }}
Bibliography
- The Boy Who Wanted Wings (2016)
- Hologram: A Haunting (2014)
=Polish trilogy=
- Push not the River (2001)
- Against a Crimson Sky (2006)
- The Warsaw Conspiracy (2012)
References
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External links
- [http://www.familylifeabroad.com/interviewMartin.html Interview with Martin]
- [http://www.librarything.com/author/martinjamesconroyd Martin on LibraryThing]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100318040109/http://historicalfictionbooks.ning.com/profile/JamesConroydMartin Martin's Page on Historical Fiction Books]
- [http://us.macmillan.com/search/785787/James+Conroyd+Martin Martin's page] on Macmillan
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Category:American historical novelists
Category:American Roman Catholics
Category:Novelists from Chicago
Category:DePaul University alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)