Colin Bateman is a novelist, screenwriter and former journalist from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Born in 1962, Bateman attended Bangor Grammar School leaving at 16 to join the County Down Spectator as a "cub" reporter, then columnist and deputy editor. A collection of his columns was published as Bar Stool Boy in 1989.
Bateman has been producing novels since his debut, Divorcing Jack, in 1994. Divorcing Jack won a Betty Trask Award in ...
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Colin Bateman is a novelist, screenwriter and former journalist from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Born in 1962, Bateman attended Bangor Grammar School leaving at 16 to join the County Down Spectator as a "cub" reporter, then columnist and deputy editor. A collection of his columns was published as Bar Stool Boy in 1989.
Bateman has been producing novels since his debut, Divorcing Jack, in 1994. Divorcing Jack won a Betty Trask Award in the same year and was adapted into a 1998 film starring David Thewlis. Several of Bateman's novels featured the semi-autobiographical Belfast journalist, Dan Starkey.
His book Murphy's Law was adapted from the BBC television series Murphy's Law (2001–2007), featuring James Nesbitt. Bateman explains on his website that " `Murphy`s Law` was written specifically for James Nesbitt, a local actor who became a big TV star through `Cold Feet`. The ninety minute pilot for `Murphy`s Law` on BBC 1 was seen by more than seven million people, and led to...
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