Martin Jensen debuterede i 1998 ned den historiske roman "Frit gennem Jylland", som er genudgivet i 2011.
Han modtog i 2009 Edvard Pedersens Biblioteksfonds Forfatterpris og Det Danske Kriminalakademis hæderspris for 7-bindsserien om byfoged Eske Litle og Assens i 1300-tallet.
Han har desuden skrevet fem samtidsromaner og de historiske romaner Soldaterhoren, Tømrerens datter og Ravneflugt.
================ Bestselling Danish novelist Martin Jensen was born in 1946 into a working-class family and worked as a teacher and a headmaster in Sweden and Denmark before becoming a full-time author in 1996. He and his wife collect mushrooms, enjoy bird watching, and are botany enthusiasts. Martin Jensen is the author of twenty-one novels. The King's Hounds is his first title to be published in English.