Jeff Rose-Martland is an award-winning author and playwright living in St. John's, Newfoundland.    He finds time to write in between raising his son, running a household, and infrequent stints in various bill-paying careers.   Douglas Adams, Dashiel Hammett, Gordon Corman,  John Wyndham.  Favourite musicians: Art Bergmann, The WHO, and a long list of others.         Friends who are writers: Phil V. Coombs, Michelle Butler Hallett.    Biggest handicap as a writer: can't spell. Previous jobs: call centre agent, radio DJ, theatre technician, ministerial driver, construction worker, fast-food maker, video clerk, bartender.  Literary influences:

Finalist - Creative Non-fiction, 2009 CBC Literary Awards
2nd Place, Dramatic Script - 1999 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts & Letters
Winner 2005 Percy Janes First Novel Award