Damien Owens was born in Monaghan in 1971. His first novel, Dead Cat Bounce was published in 2001, and was followed a year later by Peter and Mary Have a Row. In 2008, he published The Bright Side, under the name Alex Coleman. A second Alex Coleman novel, Little Black Everything, appeared in 2009. Most recently, Damien has written a six-part TV comedy/drama called Trivia, which will be broadcast by RTE early in 2011.
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