Martin Booth (September 7, 1944, Lancashire - February 12, 2004, Devon) was a British novelist and poet. He also worked as a teacher, scriptwriter, and publisher at the small press Sceptre Press. He wrote many novels, alongside works on travel and wildlife, biographies and children's books. His 1998 novel Industry Of Souls was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize.

He was born in Lancashire, and was brought up mainly in Hong Kong, which he left in 1964. He died in 2004 shortly after completing Gweilo', a memoir of his Hong Kong childhood.

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jasoncmiller (Jason Charles Miller) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:43:14 -0000
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