Christopher William Hill is an award-winning playwright, children’s author and radio dramatist. His work has been produced at the Minerva at Chichester Festival Theatre, Plymouth Theatre Royal, the Stephen Joseph Theatre, the Unicorn and the Arcola. He has written two plays for NT Connections, Multiplex and Heartbreak Beautiful. Mister Holgado won a UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People and was nominated for a Writers’ Guild Award. His work is published by Faber and Oberon Books. His plays for children and young people have been performed throughout the UK and internationally.

For BBC Radio Four, Christopher has written plays, adaptations and comedy series with performers including Penelope Wilton, Ian Richardson, Sian Phillips, Bill Paterson and Alison Steadman. Bill Nighy starred in Killing Maestros which won a BBC Radio and Music Award and the inaugural Tinniswood Award.

His children’s books, including Osbert Avenger the and The Woebegone Twins (Orchard Books), have drawn wide critical praise. Christopher was named a Books For Keeps Rising Talent.

He is currently writing Edna and Joe for Salisbury Playhouse and is developing a musical version of Osbert the Avenger with composer Marc Teitler.