Born in Leicester, Martin’s career in writing, teaching and publishing has taken him around the globe. ‘All we can do is rattle the bars and look after him as he runs into the hills. We wait for his letters home.’ – The Los Angeles Times. He’s published eleven books, including non-fiction. He is an Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Hull.

"Ectopia sounded rich and edgy from its cover blurb alone, promising themes of gender, medicine and identity - topics I loved to see explored in speculative fiction... Ectopia is a terrific novel with excellent characterisation, world-building, narration and dialogue. It's also thematically strong, exploring the connections between binary concepts, including male versus female, gay versus straight, and soulful versus soulless. The result is a story of great depth, raising questions about who we are and how we define ourselves. By far the best thing about the book is its narration. As with A Clockwork Orange and 1984, the world is built by language, meaning there is little cumbersome exposition or other authorial intrusions. Steven is a brilliant narrator with a thrilling tale to tell. His language sculpts this reality in a striking, penetrating way, often combining beautiful observations with cutting colloquial realism." - Interzone, Barbara Melville "Ectopia is a thought provoking read that isn't afraid to take risks, which gives it a leg up in the crowded dystopian marketplace." - Litreactor