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name: "Penelope Skinner"
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# Penelope Skinner

Writer. Born in Reading, United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer

## Biography

Penelope Skinner is a British playwright and screenwriter. Born in Reading in 1978, she began writing for the stage in her late twenties after seeing a production at the Bush Theatre. Her first play, *Fucked*, premiered at the Old Red Lion in London in 2008.

Skinner’s subsequent stage works include *Eigengrau* (2010) at the Bush Theatre and *The Village Bike* (2011) at the Royal Court Theatre, which earned her the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright. She has also written episodes for the Channel 4 series *Fresh Meat* (2011–2016) and co-wrote the screenplay for the film *How I Live Now* (2013). Later television credits include creating and writing *The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fresh Meat* (2011), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)

## Also known for

- *How I Live Now* (2013), Screenplay

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