James Owen (British author)
- James Owen (British author)
James Owen (born 1969) is a British author and journalist.
Owen was born in Holland Park, London, and was educated at Eton College and University College, Oxford. After a brief period as a barrister, he worked for "The Daily Telegraph" newspaper as a journalist from 1995 - 2001. In 2004, with Guy Walters, he edited "The Voice of War", an anthology of World War II memoirs, diaries and letters. In 2005, he published "A Serpent in Eden" ["A Serpent in Eden" (Abacus, 2006) ISBN 0349115419] , an investigation of the unsolved murder in The Bahamas in 1943 of Sir Harry Oakes. This was filmed as a drama documentary, entitled Murder in Paradise [Lion Television, "Murder in Paradise" [http://www.liontv.co.uk/_london/productions/documentaries/murder_paradise.html] ] , for the UK's Channel 4 and broadcast in December 2006. That year, Owen also published "Nuremberg: Evil On Trial", a re-examination on its 60th anniversary of the case conducted against the leading Nazis after the Second World War.
Bibliography
* "The Voice of War", with Guy Walters, Viking, 2004 ISBN 0-670-91423-1
* "A Serpent in Eden" Little, Brown, 2005 (Abacus, 2006) ISBN 0349115419
* "Nuremberg: Evil on Trial" Headline, 2006 ISBN 0755315456
External links
* [http://www.jamesowen.info James Owen's official site]
References
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