Christopher William Hill is a British playwright and children's novelist.

Early life

Christopher William Hill was born in Truro, Cornwall.

Career

Hill's first children's books were his series Tales From Schwartzgarten, consisting of four novels published between 2012 and 2015. The first book, Osbert The Avenger (2012), won the East Sussex Children's Book Award in 2014,[1] and was shortlisted for both the Northern Ireland Book Award in 2013[2] and the Leeds Book Award in 2014.[3] His fifth children's novel, What Manor Of Murder? was published in 2018.

He has written two plays, Multiplex and Heartbreak Beautiful, for the National Theatre's Connections festival. His play Mister Holgado was co-winner of Best Show for Children and Young People at the UK Theatre Awards in 2013.[4][5] He has written many plays for BBC Radio 4, which include Killing Maestros (2003), starring Bill Nighy and Henry Goodman, which won the inaugural Tinniswood Award for the best original audio drama script in 2004;[6] Love Me, Liberace (2004), starring Henry Goodman and Frances Barber; Accolades (2007), starring Ian Richardson as the British author and historian A. L. Rowse;[7] Hush! Hush! Whisper Who Dares! (2013),[8] starring Oliver Ford Davies as the British illustrator E H Shepard, and three plays about the writer and architectural historian James Lees-Milne:[9] Sometimes Into The Arms Of God,[10] The Unending Battle[11] and What England Owes.[12]

His comedies for BBC Radio 4 include two series of Tomorrow, Today! (2006-2008), Says On The Tin (2008), and two series of On The Rocks[13] from 2013 to 2015. His comedy-drama series, Clutch, Throttle, Brake (2017) for the 15 Minute Drama slot in BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme, starred Bill Paterson, Samantha Spiro and Alison Steadman.

He has previously written for he Guardian[14][15] and he is a regular tutor at the Arvon Foundation[16]

Bibliography

Plays

Radio drama

  • Killing Maestros (BBC Radio 4, 2003)
  • Love Me, Liberace (BBC Radio 4, 2004)
  • Accolades (BBC Radio 4, 2007)
  • Angarrack (BBC Radio 4, 2012)
  • Hush! Hush! Whisper Who Dares! (BBC Radio 4, 2013)
  • Sometimes Into The Arms Of God (BBC Radio 4, 2013)
  • The Unending Battle (BBC Radio 4, 2013)
  • What England Owes (BBC Radio 4, 2013)
  • Clutch, Throttle, Brake (BBC Radio 4, 2017)

Radio comedy series

  • Tomorrow, Today! (BBC Radio 4, 2006-2008)
  • Says On The Tin (BBC Radio 4, (2008)
  • On The Rocks (BBC Radio 4, (2013-2015)

Children's books

  • Osbert The Avenger (Orchard Books, 2012)
  • The Woebegone Twins (Orchard Books, 2013)
  • The Lily-Livered Prince (Orchard Books, 2014)
  • Marius And The Band Of Blood (Orchard Books, 2015)
  • What Manor Of Murder? (Orchard Books, 2018)

References

  1. ↑ "Youngsters celebrate the joy of reading". eastbourneherald.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "Northern Ireland Book Award 2013/14 Books". Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Leeds Book Awards 2014 Shortlists". Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ "Mister Holgado - Unicorn Theatre". www.unicorntheatre.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "UK Theatre Past Awards & Winners". Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Previous Tinniswood Award Winners". The Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Christopher William Hill's radio play Accolades
  8. ↑ "Christopher William Hill - Hush! Hush! Whisper Who Dares!, Afternoon Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "James Lees-Milne". The Radio 4 Blog. 5 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sometimes Into the Arms of God, James Lees-Milne, Afternoon Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "The Unending Battle, James Lees-Milne, Afternoon Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "What England Owes, James Lees-Milne, Afternoon Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - On the Rocks". BBC. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  14. ↑ Hill, Christopher William (26 August 2015). "The Children of Green Knowe: my personal time machine". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  15. ↑ Hill, Christopher William (18 December 2014). "Top 10 fictional feasts in children's books". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "Christopher William Hill - a tutor at Arvon - Arvon". Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Exeter Northcott Theatre – Theatre". exeternorthcott.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  18. 1 2 "Home - Theatre Royal Plymouth". Theatre Royal Plymouth. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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