Career
Most of her novels feature a female protagonist or antihero, and some take place within the Irish community in and around London.
The Take was serialised on British television on Sky1, on 17 June 2009 - starring Tom Hardy as Freddie. In 2008 she authored a drama documentary series on ITV called Martina Cole's Lady Killers, which broke audience records for ITV3 and transferred to ITV1 in 2009. In 2009 she established her own production entity, "2Queens TV" to explore new avenues in broadcasting for her and her interests.
In 2009 an investigative documentary, Martina Cole Girl Gangs: Los Angeles was filmed. This focused on the role of girls in these gangs, which have been responsible for drug dealing and auto theft, to robbery and murder.
In 2010 the novel Two Women was adapted for the stage. This is the first time one of Martina Cole's novels has been adapted for the theatre. The play opened in February at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
In 2011, the brand new series, The Runaway, was shown on Sky1 and Sky1 HD. It began on Thursday 31 March. It is based on her 1997 novel of the same name.
Cole's new novel, The Faithless, was released on 20 October 2011 and it has already appeared on the Sunday Times Bestseller list.
In December 2011, readers using madaboutbooks.co.uk voted their favourite Martina Cole book. The Take won by 780 votes and was put at the top of the list of Martina Cole novels. Goodnight Lady came second, followed in third by Maura's Game. She is Tulisa Contostavlos' number one female boss.
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