Biography
Pete Lawson is a British television writer. He has written for EastEnders since 2008 and is one of the soap's longest-serving writers, contributing over 240 episodes.
Born on 31 December 1968 in Malawi, he grew up in Birmingham and studied English Literature and Drama at the University of Sheffield. He worked in youth theatre and with the company Steam Factory, and was an Arts Council Writer in Residence for Gay Sweatshop. Lawson began writing for television in the mid-1990s on series including Capital Lives, London Bridge and Being April. He has also written episodes of The Afternoon Play and Casualty, and contributed to BBC Radio 4.
