Kevin Sampson (writer)
Kevin Sampson is a British novelist, best known for his novels Awaydays (1998), Powder (1999) and Stars Are Stars (2006). He lives in Birkenhead, Merseyside. His crime thriller, The Killing Pool, was published by Cape on 21 March 2013.
Career
Sampson began writing gig reviews for
as an assistant editor for Youth Programmes.He left C4 to set up Kinesis Films, a company that specialised in documentaries about
".When The Farm broke up in 1994, Sampson dug out the manuscript to a
Awaydays was
In January 2018, Sampson was hired to pen new mini-series Anne, produced by ITV Studios owned World Productions' for ITV, which centres on Anne Williams' crusade for justice after the death of her son Kevin in the Hillsborough disaster of 1989.[5][6]
On the 21 April 2022, ITV announced that filming had started on the 3 episode drama series The Hunt for Raoul Moat.[7][8] It's again being produced by World Productions for ITV1.[7][8] It's written by Sampson, stars Lee Ingleby as Detective Chief Superintendent Neil Adamson, and Matt Stokoe as Raoul Moat.[7][8]
Novels
- Awaydays (1998)
- Powder (1999)
- Leisure (2000)
- Outlaws (2001)
- Clubland (2002)
- Freshers (2003)
- Stars are Stars (2006)
- Extra Time (2012)
- The Killing Pool (2013)
- The House on the Hill (2014)
Notes
- ^ "Kevin Sampson: The Killing Pool, Liverpool music and surviving a sacking from the NME - Getintothis". Getintothis. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Wirral author Kevin Sampson speaks to the Globe about his novel making it to the big screen". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ [1]Umbrella Magazine
- ^ Thomas, Joe (15 January 2018). "Anne Williams' heroic fight for justice to be made into new ITV drama". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ Chapman, Stephen (14 September 2018). "Maxine Peake to star in Hillsborough drama Anne". Prolific North. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "ITV announces start of filming for true crime drama, The Hunt For Raoul Moat". ITV Press Centre. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b c Hibbs, James (21 April 2022). "ITV begins filming The Hunt For Raoul Moat drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
External links
- Author page
- Kevin Sampson at IMDb
- 2001 interview, The Guardian
- Article by Sampson on adaptation of Awaydays, The Observer, November 2008
- "Endless Summer" Article by Sampson on A Short Film About Chilling in Ibiza in Umbrella Magazine, Issue 1, p. 53
- 'Kevin Sampson' entry in British Crime Writing: an encyclopedia, edited by Barry Forshaw
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