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Martyn Waites

Born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Martyn Waites worked as a professional actor before becoming a writer. A former Writer in Residence at Huntercombe Young Offenders' Institution and HMP Chelmsford, he currently runs arts-based workshops for socially excluded teenagers.

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Foreword from The Mercy Seat
Jan 12, 2013
Speak no Evil will be released on May 13, 2010 in eBook
May 13, 2010
Speak no Evil is now available in eBook
May 13, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from White Riot
Mar 31, 2009
Mar 31, 2009
White Riot will be released on January 07, 2008 in
Jan 07, 2008
White Riot is now available in
Jan 07, 2008
Bone Machine will be released on January 02, 2007 in
Jan 02, 2007
Bone Machine is now available in
Jan 02, 2007

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Guardian.co.uk, May 8, 2013
...got a book to write. And more importantly, John Grant's got a new album out … • Martyn Waites is the author of the Joe Donovan series and also writes as Tania Carver. His book, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, a follow-up to Susan Hill's...
The Birmingham Press, March 28, 2013
...you’re more of a crime fan, here’s some to get your teeth into: Mark Billingham and Martyn Waites will present their new novels; Sophie Hannah and Louise Welsh will discuss their new psychological thrillers; and local crime writer Mari Hannah talking...
AboutMyArea, March 1, 2013
...Guardian film critic, JJ Connolly, screenwriter and author of Layer Cake and Viva la Madness in conversation with Martyn Waites. Sunday 17th March Andy Briggs: Tarzan and the Savage Lands Just Imagine Centre, 64, New London Road, Chelmsford 11am ...
AboutMyArea, February 26, 2013
...Guardian film critic, JJ Connolly, screenwriter and author of Layer Cake and Viva la Madness in conversation with Martyn Waites. Thursday 21st March - Harlow Writers: Finding Our Voice at St John's Arc, Old Harlow 7.30pm Join Harlow Writers and escape...
AboutMyArea, February 23, 2013
...Guardian film critic, JJ Connolly, screenwriter and author of Layer Cake and Viva la Madness in conversation with Martyn Waites. Sunday 17th March Andy Briggs: Tarzan and the Savage Lands Just Imagine Centre, 64, New London Road, Chelmsford 11am ...
The Man Booker Prize, February 15, 2013
...a film last year starring post-Potter Daniel Radcliffe. Hill has now given over the book to the crime-writer Martyn Waites for a second haunting . The idea for the sequel, set during the Blitz, was Hill's own but she says she has always been open “to...
Guardian.co.uk, February 12, 2013
...Follow-up to Susan Hill's bestseller commissioned from crime writer Martyn Waites, adapted from forthcoming film sequel The Woman in Black – she of the pale, wasted face and proclivity for terrifying hauntings – is set to wander the grounds of...
Guardian.co.uk, May 8, 2013
...got a book to write. And more importantly, John Grant's got a new album out … • Martyn Waites is the author of the Joe Donovan series and also writes as Tania Carver. His book, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, a follow-up to Susan Hill's...
Harrogate News, April 25, 2013
...Adam, Harrogate International Festivals Trustee Fiona Movley Journalist Henry Sutton with Simon Theakston Authors Mark Billingham, Laura Wilson, Martyn Waites Sarah Chalkley, Marketing Executive at HW Fisher and Andrew Subramanian, Partner, HW...
AboutMyArea, March 2, 2013
...Guardian film critic, JJ Connolly, screenwriter and author of Layer Cake and Viva la Madness in conversation with Martyn Waites. Sunday 17th March Andy Briggs: Tarzan and the Savage Lands Just Imagine Centre, 64, New London Road, Chelmsford 11am ...
AboutMyArea, March 1, 2013
...Guardian film critic, JJ Connolly, screenwriter and author of Layer Cake and Viva la Madness in conversation with Martyn Waites. Sunday 17th March Andy Briggs: Tarzan and the Savage Lands Just Imagine Centre, 64, New London Road, Chelmsford 11am ...
AboutMyArea, February 26, 2013
...Guardian film critic, JJ Connolly, screenwriter and author of Layer Cake and Viva la Madness in conversation with Martyn Waites. Thursday 21st March - Harlow Writers: Finding Our Voice at St John's Arc, Old Harlow 7.30pm Join Harlow Writers and escape...
AboutMyArea, February 23, 2013
...Guardian film critic, JJ Connolly, screenwriter and author of Layer Cake and Viva la Madness in conversation with Martyn Waites. Sunday 17th March Andy Briggs: Tarzan and the Savage Lands Just Imagine Centre, 64, New London Road, Chelmsford 11am ...
Den of Geek, February 19, 2013
...As Hammer prepares its sequel to The Woman In Black, Martyn Waites is writing the novel. Jamie-Lee spoke to him about Angel Of Death... There are various reasons why I’m afraid of things that go bump in the night, the...