Martin Baker is an author and
screenwriter. He was formerly a City lawyer and
journalist.
Meltdown, the first of a trilogy of
novels set against the backdrop of crisis in the world financial
system, was published in hardback in 2008 as Macmillan's lead
title. The paperback was published in November. A second novel, set
in gangster-capitalist Moscow, will be published shortly. The third
in the trilogy is set in Shanghai.
Martin is the authorised biographer of David
Moyes, the Everton Football Club manager. Other books
include the business bestseller, A Fool And His Money (Orion, 1996), a
collection of satirical essays.
As a screenwriter, Martin is currently writing the first of
three screenplays, with writing partner Paul de Vos, for
Trinket Films, a joint venture with Lane, Fabian Jones. The adaptation of
Meltdown is in development with a major Hollywood producer.
Formerly a journalist, Martin wrote features for various
national newspapers nd magazines. Past columns include the City Eye
column for The Independent on Sunday and the City
Profile for The Sunday Telegraph. He
was editor-in-chief of thestreet.co.uk (the
now-defunct UK arm of thestreet.com), associate editor of
Sunday Business, and the first investment editor
of The International Herald Tribune in Paris
(90-97). He worked as money correspondent of The Independent, City
reporter at The Times, and market reporter
and presenter for LBC Radio. He has made a number
of films for BBC Television, and is a regular contributor to radio
and television programmes in the UK, France and Belgium. He has won
a number of awards for journalism, including the Citicorp
Grand Prize for Excellence.
Before entering journalism, Martin qualified as a City solicitor
with leading firm Simmons & Simmons. He read
law at Brasenose College, Oxford.