Martin O'Malley

Martin Joseph O'Malley (22 February 1939 – 22 February 2025) was a Canadian journalist and writer. He wrote for CBC News and The Globe and Mail. O'Malley was perhaps best known for a Globe and Mail editorial in which he coined the line about laws that criminalized homosexual behavior which Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau later made famous: "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."

O'Malley was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, moving to Toronto to pursue his career as a newspaper reporter and columnist. He died in Whitby, Ontario on his 86th birthday, 22 February 2025.

He has written the following books: The Past and Future Land: an account of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry Doctors Hospital Gross Misconduct: The Life of Spinner Spencer Running Risks Game Day: the Blue Jays at SkyDome More than Meets the Eye: Watching television watching us

Gross Misconduct earned O'Malley the Author of the Year award in 1989 from the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters. The book was made into a TV film, directed by Atom Egoyan. O'Malley also wrote the CBC docudrama Giant Mine.