Martin Dillon
Northern Irish journalist and author (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the author and journalist. For the musician, operatic tenor, and professor of music, see Martin Dillon (musician). For the Irish officer in the British Army, see Martin Andrew Dillon.
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]
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Born | (1949-06-02) 2 June 1949 (age 75) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Genre | Non-fiction, fiction, drama |
Subject | Northern Ireland troubles, political violence, terrorism |
Spouse | Violeta Kumurdjieva (2003) |
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