Martyn Burke
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Martyn Burke (born 1947) is a journalist, screenwriter and novelist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His career got started when he began writing and directing documentaries for CBC Television. Burke was also a photographer and war correspondent during the Vietnam War, which is what his first novel, The Laughing War, is based. His second novel, The Commissar's Report, is a story that occurs during the Cold War, and portrays the relationship between the United States and the former Soviet Union. He has also written screenplays for CBC Television including Connections, State of Shock, and The Last Chase.
Burke has also directed a number of theatrical films, including The Clown Murders, Power Play and Pirates of Silicon Valley.
[edit] Bibliography
Laughing War, 1980
The Commissar's Report, 1984
Ivory Joe, 1991
Tiara: A Novel, 1995
[edit] External links
- Author videointerview about The Truth About the Night
- Video trailer for The Truth About the Night
