Martin Davies (writer)

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Martin Davies (born 1965http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb156489124 (in French)) is a British author. His works include Havana Sleeping (2014), The Year After (2011), The Unicorn Road (2009), The Conjuror's Bird (2005), and a book about Joseph Banks and the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta.{{cite journal | title = The Conjuror's Bird, by Martin Davies | journal = The Independent | date = 10 November 2005 | first = Jane | last = Jakeman| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-conjurors-bird-by-martin-davies-514710.html | access-date = 2011-02-12}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|last1=Castleton|first1=Sarah|title=Love, loss and taxidermy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jan/29/features.review4|access-date=16 June 2015|work=The Guardian|date=28 January 2006}}{{cite web|last1=Boreham|first1=Ian|title=The Conjurer's Bird|url=http://www.captaincooksociety.com/remembering-cook/books/book-reviews/the-conjuror-s-bird-davies-martin-2005|website=captaincooksociety.com|publisher=Captain Cook Society|access-date=16 June 2015}} He is also the author of six mystery novels about Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper Mrs. Hudson including: Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (2004), Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose (2005),{{citation | last=Drew | first=Bernard A. | year=2009 | title=Literary afterlife: the posthumous continuations of 325 authors' fictional characters | publisher=McFarland | isbn=978-0-7864-4179-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c91Vrl20Y4sC | page=112 }} and Mrs. Hudson and the Christmas Canary (2022).

In 2015, his espionage thriller Havana Sleeping was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award.{{Cite web|url = http://thecwa.co.uk/havana-sleeping/|title = The Crime Writers' Association|website = thecwa.co.uk|access-date = 2016-03-22}}