Guy Burt Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay for "Wire in the Blood" in 2006
• Graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature
• Began his screenwriting career on the TV movie "Shockers: The Visitor" in 1999
• Originally worked as a teacher, but quit after five years so that he could pursue his writing career
• Best known as an author and screenwriter whose novel "The Hole" became a film in 2001
• Has written episodes for "The Bletchley Circle," "The Borgias," and "Kingdom," among others
• In addition to "The Hole," he also wrote the novels "Sophie" and "A Clock Without Hands․"