Frank Cottrell Boyce
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a successful British screenwriter whose film credits include ‘Welcome to Sarajevo’, ‘Hilary and Jackie’ and ’24 Hour Party People’. ‘Millions’, his debut children’s novel, won the 2004 Carnegie Medal and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award. His second novel, ‘Framed’, was shortlisted for the 2005 Whitbread Children’s Fiction Award and has also been shortlisted for the 2005 Carnegie Medal. His third novel, ‘Cosmic’, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Frank has written a sensational sequel to the much-loved ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and the heartwarming ‘Runaway Robot’. Frank co-wrote two of Queen Elizabeth II’s most iconic on-screen cameos – at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony with Daniel Craig and the 2022 Jubilee sketch with Paddington Bear. Frank recently adapted Michael Morpurgo’s bestselling novel Kensuke’s Kingdom for the screen, as a hand-drawn animated feature film. Frank recently became a patron of Liverpool homeless charity, the Paper Cup Project.