Martin Malone is an Irish novelist and short story writer. His novel, The Broken Cedar, was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for an Irish Fiction Award. His first novel, Us, won the John B Keane/Sunday Independent Award.
Martin Malone is an Irish novelist and short story writer. His novel, The Broken Cedar, was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for an Irish Fiction Award. His first novel, Us, won the John B Keane/Sunday Independent Award.
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