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Colin Bateman (known mononymously as Bateman) is a novelist, screenwriter and former journalist from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Biography [ edit ] Born on 13 June 1962, Bateman attended Bangor Grammar School leaving at 16 when he was hired by Annie Roycroft to join the County Down Spectator as a "cub" reporter, then columnist and deputy editor.
Colin Bateman’s style of writing is not only witty but also highly engaging as well. The author, Bateman has a gift of constructing a dialogue that crackles off the page. The storyline begins as one Bill Randall, a man who owns a low-cost airline enters the mystery man’s bookshop.
Colin Bateman has 81 books on Goodreads with 30178 ratings. Colin Bateman’s most popular book is Mystery Man (Mystery Man #1).
Sep 24, 2022 · Co Down author and screenwriter Colin Bateman chats to David Roy about his new book Thunder and Lightning: A Memoir of Life on the Tough Cul-De-Sacs of Bangor, in which the Bangor man shares a ...
Colin Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Divorcing Jack , won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films of Divorcing Jack , Crossmaheart and Wild About Harry .
Oct 13, 2022 · Colin Bateman interview: The mean cul-de-sacs of Bangor hold a lot of engaging tales. Joe McCann. October 13, 2022 10:19. STORIES: Colin Bateman's early life is recalled through tales of gerbil breeding, punk music and the ups and downs of small-town journalism. RENOWNED as one of Ireland’s best living writers (and there are a lot of them ...
Apr 1, 2023 · Recently, I had the pleasure of picking the brains of Colin Bateman, one of Northern Ireland’s most successful and popular authors.Born and raised in Bangor, a seaside town in County Down, he worked as a journalist for several years before turning to fiction writing.
