Martin Dillon

Martin Dillon
Dillon in 2020
Dillon in 2020
Born (1949-06-02) 2 June 1949 (age 75)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
OccupationWriter, journalist
GenreNon-fiction, fiction, drama
SubjectNorthern Ireland troubles, political violence, terrorism
SpouseVioleta Kumurdjieva (2003)
Website
martindillon.net

Martin Dillon (born 2 June 1949) is an Irish author, journalist, and broadcaster. He has won international acclaim for his investigative reporting and non-fiction works on The Troubles, including his bestselling trilogy, The Shankill Butchers,[1] The Dirty War[2] and God and the Gun,[3] about the Northern Ireland conflict. The historian and scholar, Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien, described him as "our Virgil to that Inferno".[4] The Irish Times hailed him as "one of the most creative writers of our time".[4]

  1. ^ Dillon, Martin (1990) [1989]. The Shankill butchers : a case study of mass murder. London: Arrow. ISBN 0-09-973810-4. OCLC 24696192.
  2. ^ Dillon, Martin (1991) [1990]. The dirty war. London: Arrow Books. ISBN 0-09-984520-2. OCLC 59934253.
  3. ^ Dillon, Martin (1999). God and the gun : the church and Irish terrorism. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-92363-8. OCLC 40562310.
  4. ^ a b Dillon, Martin (1992). Stone cold : the true story of Michael Stone and the Milltown massacre. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-177410-1. OCLC 27236857.

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