James Owen (British author)
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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[1], 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[2], 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.
[edit] 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
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[edit] References
- ^ A Serpent in Eden (Abacus, 2006) ISBN 0349115419
- ^ Lion Television, Murder in Paradise [1]
