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Martina Cole (born Eilidh Martina Cole, on 30 March 1959) is a British crime writer, businesswoman〔(Martina Cole at Directorsintheuk.co.uk )〕 and occasional television presenter.〔(Martina Cole's Lady Killers at ITV.com )〕 Cole was brought up in Aveley, Essex. she has released twenty two novels about crime, most of which examine London's gangster underworld. Four of her novels, ''Dangerous Lady'', ''The Jump'', ''The Take'' and ''The Runaway'' have been adapted into high-rating television dramas. She has achieved sales of over fourteen million in the UK alone and her tenth novel, ''The Know'', spent seven weeks on ''The Sunday Times'' ==Early life== Cole was born in Essex to Irish Catholic parents, and was the youngest of five children. Her mother was a psychiatric nurse from Glasnevin, County Dublin and her father was a merchant seaman from Cork City. Her cousin is Cork politician Denis Cregan. She was expelled from her convent school aged 15 after allegedly being caught reading Harold Robbins' ''The Carpetbaggers''. She married for the first time aged 16, but the marriage only lasted a year. She had her first child, Christopher, at the age of 18. 〔http://thebookshow.skyarts.co.uk/authors/5479/martina_cole.html〕 Her parents both died when she was in her early 20s.〔 Prior to her literary success, Cole had a variety of low-paid jobs, including working as a cleaner, a wine waitress, an agency nurse and a supermarket shelf-stacker.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martina Cole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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