James Conroyd Martin Explained

James Conroyd Martin
Occupation:	Writer, English teacher
Nationality:	American
Period:	2000s–present
Genre:	Historical fiction

James Conroyd Martin is an American historical fiction author and teacher.

Personal

Martin received his bachelor's degree from Saint Ambrose University and received a Master of Arts in English literature from DePaul University. A native of Chicago, Martin chaired the English Department at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He has since retired and moved to Portland, OR, where he continues writing.

Although not of Polish descent, Martin has been praised by the Polish-American community for his Polish Trilogy and was honored in 2007 by the American Institute of Polish Culture^[1] and in 2008 by the Wisconsin Division of the Polish American Congress.^[2]

Bibliography

• The Boy Who Wanted Wings (2016)
• (2014)

Polish trilogy

• Push not the River (2001)
• Against a Crimson Sky (2006)
• The Warsaw Conspiracy (2012)

External links

• Interview with Martin
• Martin on LibraryThing
• Martin's Page on Historical Fiction Books
• Martin's page on Macmillan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Push Not the River: An Interview with James C. Martin. 5 January 2009. October 30, 2008. Interview. What’s Past is Prologue.
2. Web site: Wisconsin Division Honors James Conroyd Martin, author of Push not the River . 5 January 2009 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090718210312/http://www.polamcon.org/divnews/wisc0811.htm . July 18, 2009 .