Jonathan Harvey

Jonathan Harvey is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Liverpool in 1968, he taught secondary school English before his first play, The Cherry Blossom Tree, won a young writers competition at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1987. He went on to write Mohair, Wildfire and Babies, the latter bringing him the George Devine Award and The Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award. His play Beautiful Thing, later a film released in 1996, earned the John Whiting Award in 1994. Other stage works include Boom Bang-a-Bang, Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club, Guiding Star and Hushabye Mountain. For television he wrote the comedy series Gimme Gimme Gimme and contributed to Coronation Street and Murder Most Horrid. He wrote the book of Closer to Heaven, a musical featuring Pet Shop Boys songs, and has published novels including All She Wants.