Sean Grundy is a radio dramatist whose work spans comedy, drama and factual storytelling. His writing is often drawn to the strange, the overlooked and the difficult-to-categorise. He has written extensively for BBC Radio 4. His work includes Cavity (“glitteringly original” – The Guardian), and Sony-nominated The Recordist. His drama Poorland was praised by Slumdog…
Robin Mukherjee has contributed extensively to television drama, both returning series (EastEnders, Casualty, The Bill, etc) and serials (including Grushko with Brian Cox and Andy Serkis, and Plastic Man with John Thaw and Frances Barber). He has also written for radio and theatre. His first feature film, Dance of the Wind, won the Audience Prize at the London Film Festival. His most recent film, Lore, was…
Rhiannon Tise is a writer for theatre, television and audio drama. She has written many originals and adaptations for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and her plays have been performed at theatres including the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Court, Soho Theatre, the Finborough, the Arcola Theatre and The Lyric Hammersmith. Her ten-part adaptation of…
Imogen Church is an award-winning actor and scriptwriter, ex-burlesque dancer and lover of satire. Her debut novel Death and the Burlesque Maiden was published by Audible Originals in 2021 and she wins lots of awards for narrating audiobooks like an absolute boss. She scriptwrites satire and horror comedy features and audio plays.
Ian is a children’s TV writer, playwright and author of 23 children’s books. He is the veteran of 53 pantomimes having written, directed and appeared with Frankie Howerd, Sylvester McCoy, Brian Cant, Bernie Clifton, Julie Goodyear, Little and Large, Cannon and Ball and Timmy Mallett. As a script writer, Ian has penned episodes of the…
Elizabeth joined the SoA in June 2022 and works part-time in the operations team running payroll for the organisation and supporting with HR tasks. She is the staff liaison for the SoAiS.
Mathilde joined the SoA in 2022. She transferred from the Membership team to the Advisory team in November 2022 where she will continue her work advising members with publishing issues. Mathilde is joint coordinator of the SoA’s Poetry and Spoken Word Group.
Lilly joined the SoA in May 2021 and works within the Events department as our Events Manager. She is a Co-Coordinator of the Comics Creators Network.
Ambre joined the SoA in October 2021. She advises members on publishing contracts and issues. She also works on the SoA’s public policy. Ambre is joint group coordinator for the Translators Association.
Abie Longstaff is a children’s writer. Her books range from picture books to middle grade fiction (spanning roughly ages 2 to 11) and she is published by Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Hachette, Templar and others. She also writes school readers for a range of educational publishers. You can find her on Twitter under @abielongstaff
Theo advises members on publishing contracts and issues. He is joint coordinator of the Scriptwriters Group.
Sophia curates and delivers the SoA events programme. She supports our team of community coordinators and is a coordinator herself, for the Scriptwriters Group. Sophia launched the #SoAatHome festival of online events in April 2020 which continues to be a success. In 2021 Sophia was named a Rising Star by The Bookseller.
