Gary M Dobbs

Gary Martin Dobbs

Gary M Dobbs
Born Gary Martin Dobbs
1965 (age 48-49)
Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, United Kingdom
Pen name Jack Martin
Occupation Novelist, short story writer, Actor
Period 2009–present
Genre Western, Crime fiction, Mystery
Notable works Granny Smith and the Deadly Frogs

Born in 1965, Gary M. Dobbs (Gary Martin Dobbs) is a British writer and actor. As a writer using the pen name Jack Martin[1] he is responsible for a string of popular westerns for Robert Hale's Black Horse Western imprint. These include 'Arkansas Smith', 'The Ballad of Delta Rose', and 'The Afterlife of Slim McCord'.

As Gary M. Dobbs he has written the popular series of mysteries featuring the character of Granny Smith - described as Miss Marple on steroids. As an actor Dobbs has appeared (often unaccredited) in many British TV shows, as well as in the films The Reverend[2] and Risen.[3] In 2014 Gary wrote the non-fiction historical book, Cardiff and the Valleys in the Great War, published in 2015 by Pen and Sword Books.

Born in South Wales to parents, Horace and Violet (Martin) Dobbs, his early life was spent in the one time coal mining village of, Gilfach Goch. His adolescence was, in his own words, idyllic with his love or reading and eventually writing instilled in him by his mother who, after discovering he was a poor reader, sat him down and taught him to read. 'I was eleven years old at the time,' Gary stated in an interview with BBC Radio Wales. 'And it was the best thing anyone ever did for me. As soon as I conquered the act of reading the written word a whole new world opened for me.' He wrote his first novel at fifteen years of age, which went unpublished, but it was an experience he never forgot and has been writing ever since. Gary has claimed that being born into a working class area, and educated at the local comprehensive school, he was denied encouragement by the education system and owes his love of literature to his mother and grandfather, Jack Martin. It was his grandfather's name that Gary used as a pen-name for his string of best-selling western novels published first by Robert Hale Ltd and then by Crowood Press.

Bibliography

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
Doctor Who Extra TV Series
2010 Risen Pub Cleaner Neil Jones
2011 The Reverend Gimp Neil Jones
2014 Taxi Tales Talkative Cabbie Craig Tantrwm Interactive AP

References

  1. ↑ Martin, Jack. "Jack Martin". Robert Hale Ltd.
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1073240/fullcredits
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2512632/

Southers Arizona New Examiner http://soaznewsx.com/World/ID/6025/Voices-of-the-West-listeners-around-the-world

Radio Interview archived http://www.voicesofthewest.net/voices-of-the-west-11-08-14/

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