Stephen J. Martin

Stephen J. Martin is an Irish writer of contemporary comic fiction. He grew up in Raheny, Dublin, and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from Dublin City University. Having spent several years working in IT in the Far East, he became a full-time writer in 2002.

During his time in Japan he became involved in a local amateur theatre group, The Hiberian Players. He directed plays by Joseph O'Connor and Sean O'Casey and acted in Roddy Doyle's Brownbread and Dermot Bolger's one-man play In High Germany. Also during this time, he was the singer in a local Tokyo-based rock band, Yer Mot's a Dog, touring extensively throughout Asia with the band.

He is a fluent Irish-speaker and regularly appears on Irish-language radio and TV programs. Martin is married and currently lives with his wife in Hong Kong.