Martin Joseph O'Malley (22 February 1939 â 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:
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 , directed by Atom Egoyan. O'Malley also wrote the CBC docudrama Giant Mine.