- Place of Birth
- Burnley, Lancashire, UK
Joy Wilkinson
WritingBiography
Joy Wilkinson is a British screenwriter, playwright, author, and director. Wilkinson was born in Burnley, Lancashire. At age 14, she co-wrote Fried Eggs & Fag Ends, a play at the Lancashire Young Writers Festival that got reviewed in The Guardian by David Ward. She worked as a journalist before winning the Verity Bargate Award. Wilkinson has written several plays, such as Britain’s Best Recruiting Sergeant, Fair and The Sweet Science of Bruising, which opened at Southwark Playhouse in 2018. In 2015, she was announced as a Screen Daily Star of Tomorrow for her thriller screenplay, Killer Résum...
