Hello, I’m Roger

Award-winning author and screenwriter

Escorted – All3Media New Writers Collective 2024 Shortlist & Page Turner Finalist 2026
Certified – Mark Twain Grand Prize Winner & Cambridge Script Festival Finalist

Current Project - Escorted

Original Television Drama Series.

When a struggling Yorkshire shoe shop owner is mistaken for a paid companion and offered £500 for a single evening, he creates a secret second life escorting professional women to save his failing business.

Shortlisted for the All3Media New Writers Collective 2024.

Page Turner Screenplay Awards Finalist 2026.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ” The Four Weddings and a Funeral of the book world”

Winner of the Mark Twain Grand Prize, Certified follows one man's often funny, sometimes heartbreaking journey through life's three defining certificates: birth, marriage and death.

"Original, fresh and unique. Every word counts."
— CIBA Mark Twain Grand Prize Review

Praise for Certified

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This book is an absolute joy that I heartily recommend." – Michael Heppell, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Certified covers love, loss, and life with humour and a deft hand." – Lovereading.co.uk: An ‘INDIE BOOK WE LOVE’

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Certified is a humorous yet moving anthology. " - Readers' Favorite: 2022 Bronze Medal Winner

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This book is an absolute joy that I heartily recommend." – Michael Heppell, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Certified covers love, loss, and life with humour and a deft hand." – Lovereading.co.uk: An ‘INDIE BOOK WE LOVE’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Certified is a humorous yet moving anthology. " - Readers' Favorite: 2022 Bronze Medal Winner

Latest news

News & Views
Austin Film Festival Recognition for Escorted
Austin Film Festival Recognition for Escorted

Some more lovely news for Escorted. My TV drama has been named a Second Rounder in the Drama Teleplay Pilot category of the 2026 Austin Film Festival Script Competition.

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Escorted Named a Page Turner Awards Finalist
Escorted Named a Page Turner Awards Finalist

I am delighted that my original television drama, Escorted, has been announced as a finalist in the 2026 Page Turner Screenplay Awards.

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From TV Script to Stage Play
From TV Script to Stage Play

Back in 2024, I wrote Two Careful Owners as a half-hour television drama. It is one episode of an anthology series exploring love, loss, memory and hope.

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When Characters Become People
When Characters Become People

One of the most enjoyable parts of writing television drama is reaching the point where the characters stop feeling like creations and start feeling like people.

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