Amanda Coe

Amanda Coe (born 1965) is an English screenwriter and novelist.

Coe was born in Yorkshire in 1965.^[1] She gained an MA in English from Oxford University.^[2]

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008) was Coe's version of the battle between the 'Clean Up' TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse and Hugh Greene, then Director General of the BBC. She won a BAFTA in 2013 for the BBC Four television adaptation of John Braine's Room at the Top. She also wrote the Channel 4 series As If, the BBC 4 feature Margot, and episodes of Shameless, among other credits . Coe has published two novels, the latest, Getting Colder, was published in November 2014 by Hachett UK.^[3] Her first novel, What They Do in the Dark, was published in 2011 by Virago. Both novels deal with the messy balance of public and private lives, taking deep looks into families as they deal with life-changing events.^[4]

She is the screenwriter for BBC's 2015 three-part series on the Bloomsbury Set, Life in Squares, a biopic about the influential group of artists including Virginia Woolf.^[5] The series has received positive reviews for risk-taking approach to a period drama.^[6]

Coe says her writing often has comic tones and frequently explores issues of class. Childhood is also a common theme in both her novels and screenwriting.^[1][7] In addition to her original work as a writer, she serves as a screenwriting associate at the National Film and Television School.^[2]

She lives in London with her husband and two children.^[2]

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