Martyn Bedford's first novel, Acts of Revision (Bantam Press/Black Swan 1996) won the Yorkshire Post Best First Work Award. His novels have been translated into 11 languages and his fifth, The Island of Lost Souls was released last year. His short story 'Letters Home' is currently being made into a film, directed by Ronald J. Wright.

Martyn's story 'Letters Home' appears in Leeds Stories 1 and in The Book of Leeds.
His story 'A Missing Person's Inquiry' appears in M.O. Crimes of Practice