Martin Booth is a critically acclaimed author and a documentary and feature film writer. He has published nonfiction, literature, and poetry, and he frequently broadcasts for the BBC. He is the author of the highly regarded Opium: A History (Thomas Dunne Books, 1998), and his twelfth novel, The Industry of Souls (Thomas Dunne Books, 1999), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Booth lives in England with his family.