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Colin Bateman


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Colin Bateman was born in Northern Ireland in 1962 and educated at Bangor Grammar School before joining the County Down Spectator, where he became the deputy editor until 1996. In 1990 he received a Journalist's Fellowship to Oxford University for his reports from Uganda and has received a Northern Ireland Press Award for his weekly satirical column. He won the Betty Trask Award in 1994.
 

Awards: CrimeFest (2010), SoA (1994)  see all

Genres: Mystery, General Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
Dan Starkey
   1. Divorcing Jack (1995)
   2. Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men (1996)
   3. Turbulent Priests (1999)
   4. Shooting Sean (2001)
   5. The Horse with My Name (2002)
   6. Driving Big Davie (2004)
   7. Belfast Confidential (2005)
   8. Nine Inches (2011)
   9. Fire and Brimstone (2013)
   10. The Dead Pass (2014)
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Martin Murphy
   1. Murphy's Law (2002)
   2. Murphy's Revenge (2005)
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Reservoir Pups
   1. Reservoir Pups (2003)
     aka Running with the Reservoir Pups
   2. Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett (2004)
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Titanic 2020
   1. Titanic 2020 (2007)
   2. Cannibal City (2008)
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Mystery Man
   1. Mystery Man (2009)
   2. The Day of the Jack Russell (2009)
   3. Dr. Yes (2010)
   4. The Prisoner of Brenda (2012)
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SOS Adventures
   Ice Quake (2010)
   Fire Storm (2010)
   Tusk (2011)
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Papercuts
   1. The Dead and the Quick (2016)
   2. The Return of the Native (2016)
   3. Mr Turner's Prize (2016)
   4. Hong Kong Phooey (2016)
   5. The Good, The Bad and the Quite Ugly (2016)
   6. The Eagle Has Crash Landed (2016)
   7. The Next to Last of the Mohicans (2016)
   8. Dog Day Mid-Afternoon (2016)
   Papercuts (2016)
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Novels
   Cycle of Violence (1995)
     aka Crossmaheart
   Empire State (1997)
   Best in the Business (1997)
   Maid of the Mist (1999)
   Mohammed Maguire (2001)
   Wild About Harry (2001)
   Chapter and Verse (2003)
   The Seagulls Have Landed (2005)
   I Predict a Riot (2007)
   Orpheus Rising (2008)
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Collections
   Dublin Express (2013)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Colin Bateman
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Alternative Ulster Noir (2022)
Northern Irish Crime Stories Inspired by Northern Irish Music
edited by
Simon Maltman
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Trouble is Our Business (2016)
An Anthology of Irish Crime Writers
edited by
Declan Burke
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The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 8 (2011)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski

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Awards
2010 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award : The Day of the Jack Russell
1994 Betty Trask Prize : Divorcing Jack

Award nominations
2014 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award (nominee) : Fire and Brimstone
2013 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award (nominee) : The Prisoner of Brenda
2011 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award (nominee) : Dr. Yes


Colin Bateman recommends
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Absolute Zero Cool (2011)
Declan Burke
"If you want to find something new and challenging, comic crime fiction is now the place to go; Declan Burke [is] at the vanguard of a new wave of young writers kicking against the clichés and producing ambitious, challenging, genre-bending works..."
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The Good Thief's Guide to Venice (2011)
(Charlie Howard, book 4)
Chris Ewan
"Kicks against the cliches... and adds some wit and balls to [the] genre."
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London Irish (2002)
Zane Radcliffe
"Very fresh, very funny. I laughed until I stopped."

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