Northern Irish novelist screenwriter and former journalist. Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ...
Bateman lives in Bangor, County Down, and has been producing novels since Divorcing Jack in the mid-90's. A deft and funny narrative voice, with a sharp eye for a one-liner and a brilliant summation of his countrymen ('"Sorry", said Starkey, slipping into the Ulsterman's natural acceptance of the blame.') Bateman's grown-up novels and children's books (featuring the Reservoir Pups) are now supplemented by his creation of the character of Tommy Murphy in Murphy's Law, featuring James Nesbitt. Bangor (in Irish Beannchor) is a town of approximately 80,000 population in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... County Down, (An Dún in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, covering an area of 2,448 km² (945 square miles). ... Divorcing Jack is a 1998 satiric dark comedy. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: Murphys Law Murphys law (also known as Finagles law or Sods law) is a popular adage in Western culture, which broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation. ... James Nesbitt (born January 15, 1965) also known as Jimmy Nesbitt is a Northern Irish actor from Coleraine best known in the United Kingdom for his role in the ITV drama series Cold Feet. ...
Bateman’s first Murphy’s Law novel was published in 2002 and marked the beginning of a series about the maverick cop.
ColinBateman created an unusual, complex and charmingly flawed hero in Tommy Murphy, whose wit, and often maverick approach to undercover policing, leads the audience through each action-packed episode.
Bateman has now turned his hand to writing children’s books and his first, Reservoir of Pups was published in November 2003, and the second Bring Me The Head of Oliver Plunkett was published in April 2004.
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