Martin Walker (reporter)

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Martin Walker
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Born1947 (age 7677)
Scotland, UK
Occupation Reporter and novelist
Nationality British
Period1971–present
Genre Non-fiction (history), crime fiction

Martin Walker (born 1947) is the author of the popular Bruno detective series. After working at The Guardian from 1971 to 1999, Walker joined United Press International (UPI) in 2000 as an international correspondent in Washington, D.C., and is now editor-in-chief emeritus of UPI. He was a member of A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council.

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Life

Martin Walker was educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Balliol College, Oxford. He lives in the Périgord/Dordogne in Southern France with his wife with whom he has two daughters. [1] [2]

Walker was on the staff of The Guardian from around 1971, working in a variety of positions, including bureau chief in Moscow and the United States, European editor, and assistant editor. [3] One of the unsuccessful candidates for the editorship of The Guardian in 1995, when Alan Rusbridger was appointed in succession to Peter Preston, [4] Walker resigned in 1999 after 28 years with the newspaper. [5]

Walker joined United Press International (UPI) in 2000. While at UPI he was also an international correspondent. He is now editor-in-chief emeritus of UPI. He also holds a variety of other positions, including senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.; senior fellow of the World Policy Institute at The New School in New York; member of the board of directors of the Global Panel Foundation (Berlin, Copenhagen, Prague, Sydney and Toronto). He is also a contributing editor of the Los Angeles Times 's Opinion section and of Europe magazine. Walker also is a regular commentator on CNN, Inside Washington and NPR. [1]

Works

Walker has written several non-fiction books, including The National Front, [6] Waking Giant: Gorbachev and Perestroika, The Cold War: A History, Clinton: The President They Deserve and America Reborn.

He's also written the historical thriller, The Caves of Perigord (2002).

Bruno, Chief of Police

Walker is the author of the Bruno detective series set in the Périgord region of France, where he has a home. The novels depict an unconventional village policeman, Benoît "Bruno" Courrèges, a passionate cook and former soldier who was wounded on a peacekeeping mission in the Balkans, who never carries his official gun and who has "long since lost the key to his handcuffs".

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References

  1. 1 2 "Martin Walker". Random House, Inc. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  2. "Home to Martin Walker". What to do in Tremolat, Dordogne and nearby. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. "Biography of Martin Walker". The Globalist. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  4. Maggie Brown "Guardian names its new editor", The Independent, 25 January 1995
  5. David Lister "Veteran reporter quits Guardian", The Independent, 3 August 1999
  6. Published by Fontana, London, 1977, ISBN   0006348246
  7. "Diogenes Verlag – News – ›Prix Charbonnier‹ für Martin Walker". www.diogenes.ch (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2021.