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Colin Bateman

コリン・ベイトマン

Korin Beitoman

Pen Names: Bateman（Pen name used for most novels）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1962-06-13 （Newtownards）
Nationality
Northern Irish, British
Languages
English
Residence History
Bangor, County Down

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist
Active Years
1989-

Education

Bangor Grammar School
Country: Northern Ireland
Left at age 16 to join the County Down Spectator

Awards

Betty Trask Award
1994
Work: Divorcing Jack
Organization: Society of Authors
Result: Winner
Crimefest Last Laugh Award
2009
Work: Mystery Man
Organization: Crimefest
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Divorcing Jack

1995 Crime

A Belfast journalist gets divorced and entangled in a murder mystery.

DivorcePoliticsHumour
Adaptations
  • [Film] Divorcing Jack / David Caffrey (1998)

Murphy's Law

2002 Crime Thriller

Ex-cop Tommy Murphy gets involved in crimes.

CrimeRevenge
Adaptations
  • [TV series] Murphy's Law (2001)

Mystery Man

2009 Dark Comedy

A bookshop assistant becomes a detective in this comedy.

MysteryHumour

Bibliography

  • Divorcing Jack
  • Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men
  • Turbulent Priests
  • Murphy's Law
  • Mystery Man

Adaptations

  • Divorcing Jack (1998 film)
  • The Journey (2016 film)
  • Driven (2018 film)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Black humourSatirePacy style
Recurring Motifs
BelfastJournalismCrime

Legacy

Northern Irish novelist known for crime novels infused with dark comedy, several adapted into films and TV.

Trivia

  • Uses only Bateman as pen name, dedicating a book to his 'Christian name, gone but not forgotten'.