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name: "Courttia Newland"
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born: "25 August 1973"
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# Courttia Newland

Screenwriter and writer. Born 25 August 1973 in London, U.K..

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter, Writer
- **Born:** 25 August 1973, London, U.K.

## Biography

Courttia Newland is a British novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Born in London in 1973 to parents of Jamaican and Barbadian heritage, he grew up in Shepherd’s Bush and published his debut novel, *The Scholar*, in 1997. He has since written several further novels, short-story collections and plays, and co-edited the 2000 anthology *IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain*.

As a screenwriter he co-wrote two episodes of Steve McQueen’s BBC anthology series *Small Axe* (2020), *Lovers Rock* and *Red, White and Blue*. He has also written for the series *The Woman in the Wall* (2023). Newland has received awards including the Roland Rees Bursary for playwriting and has taught creative writing at institutions such as the University of Westminster.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Small Axe* (2020), Fi1m 88, Screenplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)

## Also known for

- *The Woman in the Wall* (2023), Writer

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