Jack Thorne writes for theater, film, television, and radio. His theater credits include
Hope and
Let the Right One In, both directed by John Tiffany,
Junkyard, a Headlong, Rose Theatre Kingston, Bristol Old Vic & Theatr Clwyd co-production,
The Solid Life of Sugarwater for the Graeae Theatre Company,
Bunny for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
Stacy for the Trafalgar Studios,
2nd May 1997 and
When You Cure Me for the Bush. His adaptations include
The Physicists for the Donmar Warehouse and
Stuart: A Life Backwards for Hightide. On film his credits include
War Book,
A Long Way Down, and
The Scouting Book for Boys. For television his credits include
The Last Panthers,
Don't Take My Baby,
This Is England,
The Fades,
Glue,
Cast-Offs, and
National Treasure. He won BAFTAs in 2016 for Best Mini-Series (
This Is England '90) and Best Single Drama (
Don't Take My Baby), and in 2012 for Best Drama Series (
The Fades) and Best Mini-Series(
This Is England '88).
J.K. Rowling is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She also wrote three short series companion volumes for charity, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which later became the inspiration for a new series of films. Harry’s story as a grown-up was later continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany.
In 2020, she returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, which she initially published for free online for children in lockdown, later donating all her book royalties to help vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honors for her writing, including for her detective series written under the name Robert Galbraith. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of the children’s care reform charity Lumos.
For as long as she can remember, J.K. Rowling wanted to be a writer, and is at her happiest in a room, making things up. She lives in Scotland with her family.
John Tiffany directed
Once for which he was the recipient of multiple awards on Broadway, in the West End, and internationally. Other recent credits include
The Glass Menagerie at A.R.T. and on Broadway, EIF, and the West End, and
The Ambassador at BAM. As Associate Director of the Royal Court, his work includes
The Twits,
Hope, and
The Pass. He was the director of
Let the Right One In for the National Theatre of Scotland, which transferred to the Royal Court, West End, St. Ann's Warehouse, and toured internationally. His other work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes
Macbeth (also Lincoln Center and Broadway),
Enquirer,
The Missing,
Peter Pan,
The House of Bernarda Alba,
Transform Caithness: Hunter, Be Near Me,
Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us,
The Bacchae (also Lincoln Center),
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn,
Home: Glasgow, and
Black Watch, which toured internationally and for which he won the Olivier and Critics' Circle awards. He was Associate Director of the Traverse Theatre from 1996 to 2001, Paines Plough from 2001 to 2005, the National Theatre of Scotland from 2005 to 2012, and was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University in the 2010-2011 academic year.
