Colin Bateman

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 ... more

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  • 1962 (age 47 years)
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