Biography
John Stevenson (10 May 1937 – 5 September 2023) was a British screenwriter and journalist. Born in Manchester, he worked as a newspaper journalist and northern theatre critic for the Daily Mail before entering television writing in the late 1960s.
From 1976 to 2006 Stevenson was a regular writer on the soap opera Coronation Street, contributing 447 episodes. He co-created the comedy-drama Brass with Julian Roach and wrote episodes of series including The Brothers McGregor, The Last of the Baskets and Heartbeat. In 2005 he received the Special Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards.
