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Martin Malone

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Martin Malone

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
Ireland
Languages
English
Residence History
County Kildare, Ireland

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, soldier
Active Years
2000-2025
Affiliations
Irish Army Military Police
Nominations
Nominated for International Dublin Literary Award (The Broken Cedar, 2003), shortlisted for Irish Fiction Award (The Broken Cedar, 2003), shortlisted for Hennessy Award (twice), shortlisted for PJ O'Connor Award (twice)

Awards

John B Keane/Sunday Independent Award
2000
Work: Us
Organization: Sunday Independent
Result: won
RTÉ Francis MacManus Award
2004
Work: The Mango War
Organization: RTÉ
Result: won
Killarney International Short Story Prize
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Us

2000 novel

The Broken Cedar

2003 novel

The Lebanon Diaries

2007 memoir

Memoir of his time in the Irish Army in Lebanon.

militaryMiddle East

The Mango War and Other Stories

2009 short story collection

Bibliography

  • Us (2000)
  • After Kafra (2001)
  • The Broken Cedar (2003)
  • The Silence of the Glasshouse (2008)
  • The Only Glow of the Day (2010)
  • Valley of the Peacock Angel (2013)
  • Us Modern Irish Classic (2015)
  • Black Rose Days (2016)
  • The Mango War and Other Stories (2009)
  • Deadly Confederacies & Other Stories (2014)
  • This Cruel Station: Stories (2017)
  • Bone Deep (2018)
  • In the White Country, novella and stories (2023)
  • The Lebanon Diaries (2007)
  • Iapetus, '81 (2021)
  • The Devil's Relics, an Emer Harte Mystery (2025)

Legacy

Irish novelist and short story writer known for works informed by his military service in the Middle East. Nominated for International Dublin Literary Award.

Trivia

  • Served five tours of duty with UNIFIL in Lebanon and one with UNIIMOG as a member of the Irish Army Military Police.
  • Short stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, RTE Radio 1, and Lyric FM.