Martin Manser

Martin H. Manser was born in 1952 in Bromley, Kent. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Eltham College.
Martin H. Manser has been a professional reference-book editor since 1980. He received a BA Honours degree in linguistics at the conclusion of his studies at the Universities of York, England and Regensburg, Germany and went on to gain an M Phil degree for research into the influence of English on modern German. A developing interest in lexicography led him to take up a post as a reference-book editor. Since 1980 he has worked on over 150 reference books with a contemporary appeal. His English-language reference titles include The Penguin ‘Wordmaster Dictionary’, ‘The Good Word Guide’ (A&C Black), Chambers ‘Thesaurus’ and ‘Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms’, the Macmillan ‘Student’s Dictionary’, the Facts on File ‘Visual Dictionary’, the Oxford ‘Learner’s Pocket Dictionary’, the Guinness ‘Book of Words’, and the Penguin ‘Writer’s Manual’, the Collins ‘Dictionary for Writers and Editors’, the Facts on File ‘Guide to Good Writing’ and ‘Guide to Style’. He has contributed to the Collins Thesaurus.
He has also compiled and edited many titles that encourage Bible reading, including the ‘NIV Thematic Study Bible’ (on which he was Managing Editor) (Zondervan and Hodder & Stoughton), ‘NRSV Cross-Reference Bible’ (on which he was Managing Editor) (Oxford University Press); editor of ‘Helps for daily life’ in the Today’s New International Version (Hodder & Stoughton); compiler of ‘Best Loved Hymns, Poems and Readings (Harper Collins) and editor of ‘Dictionary of Saints (Harper Collins); ‘The Christian Quotation Collection’ (Westminster John Knox), ‘Daily Guidance’ (Collins Gem, Cumberland House), the ‘Amazing Book of Bible Facts’ (Harper Collins), ‘Crash Course in Christian Teaching’ (Hodder & Stoughton), ‘Dictionary of the Bible’ (co-author; Collins Gem, Harper Collins, Cumberland House), ‘Bible Stories’ (Parragon), ‘I never knew that was in the Bible’ (Nelson).
He has been a member for many years in a Baptist church in his home town of
Aylesbury, England. He is married to Yusandra and has a son (Ben) and a daughter (Hannah).

He also leads training courses on clear writing for, and acts as a consultant with, national and international companies and organizations.