Raymond Friel

RAYMOND FRIEL is a Scottish screenwriter based in Glasgow. He has two feature film credits: The Calcium Kid starring Orlando Bloom and Botched with Stephen Dorff. Both of these films were released in cinemas in the UK and distributed worldwide.

Friel has worked on a variety of other film and television projects with the UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, Creative Scotland, Shine Entertainment, Channel 4 and the BBC.

His play, Moriarty Is Crying, won the Willy Russell Award for New Writing and was performed at the Edinburgh Festival and the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.

Friel also writes and directs a live comedy sketch show that has featured in the Glasgow Comedy Festival and played to sell out crowds.

He lives with his wife and two children, Rémy and Etienne. His Jack Russells, Stubby and Rigsby, feel the book could have done with a bit more rabbit chasing and a lot less talking.