Frank Cottrell Boyce

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Biography

Frank Cottrell Boyce was born in Liverpool and studied English at Oxford University. He first worked as a television critic for Living Marxism magazine, and wrote episodes for Coronation Street and Brookside. He then collaborated with director Michael Winterbottom on the film Forget About Me, in 1990, and this was followed by further screenplays written for the same director: Butterfly Kiss in 1995; Welcome to Sarajevo in 1997; The Claim in 2000, originally based on Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge; 24 Hour Party People in 2002; Code 46 in 2003; and A Cock and Bull Story in 2005.

He also worked with other directors, including writing the screenplays for the films Revenger's Tragedy, in 2002, an adaptation of Thomas Middleton's 17th-century play; Hilary and Jackie; Millions; and Grow Your Own in 2007.

In 2004, he wrote a book for children based on his own screenplay - Millions - and this book won the 2004 Carnegie Medal. His second children's novel, Framed, was shortlisted for both the 2005 Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award.

Frank Cottrell Boyce has won several awards for his screenplays, and lives in Liverpool with his family. His third novel, Cosmic, was published in 2008, and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in the same year. His latest novel is Desirable (2008).

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Children, Screenplay

Bibliography

The Claim   (play)   ScreenPress Books, 2001

Millions   Macmillan Children's Books, 2004

Framed   Macmillan Children's Books, 2005

Cosmic   Macmillan Children's Books, 2008

Desirable   Barrington Stoke, 2008

When It Changed: Science into Fiction: an Anthology   (contributor)   Comma Press, 2009

Read about books by Frank Cottrell Boyce at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Frank Cottrell Boyce at Amazon.co.uk

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Prizes and awards

1999   BAFTA   (Best Adapted Screenplay - nomination)   Hilary and Jackie

1999   Golden Satellite Award   (Best Motion Picture Screenplay Adaptation - nomination)   Hilary and Jackie

2001   British Independent Film Award   (nomination)   The Claim

2004   Carnegie Medal   Millions

2004   Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival   (Best Screenplay)   Code 46

2005   British Independent Film Award   (Best Screenplay)   Millions

2005   Carnegie Medal   (shortlist)   Framed

2005   Humanitas Prize   (Feature Film - nomination)   Millions

2005   Whitbread Children's Book of the Year   (shortlist)   Framed

2007   Blue Peter Book Award: The Book I Couldn't Put Down   (shortlist)   Framed

2007   Chlotrudis Award   (Best Adapted Screenplay)   A Cock and Bull Story

2008   Guardian Children's Fiction Prize   (shortlist)   Cosmic

2008   Roald Dahl Funny Prize   (7-14 years category - shortlist)   Cosmic

2009   Carnegie Medal   (shortlist)   Cosmic

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Pan Macmillan Ltd 20 New Wharf Road London  N1 9RR England Tel: +44 (0)20 7014 6000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7014 6001 http://www.panmacmillan.com

Agent Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd 20 Powis Mews London  W11 1JN England Tel: +44 (0)20 7221 3717 Fax: +44 (0)20 7229 9084 http://www.rcwlitagency.co.uk

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Related links

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