Chloë Moss (born 1976 in

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) is an

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playwright and screenwriter.

Early life

Moss grew up in

and attended

Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...

, where she studied film. She joined the

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's Young Writers programme and wrote her first professional play, '' A Day In Dull Armour''.

Career

She soon became a writer-in-residence at the Bush and is under commission to the

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Royal Exchange, the

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, and Clean Break (theatre company). Other work includes ''

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'', which opened at the Bush Theatre London in November 2004 and Off-Broadway in August 2005; '' Christmas Is Miles Away'' (Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, November 2005, transferring to the Bush in February 2006); and '' The Way Home'' (Liverpool Everyman, November 2006). '' Catch''—a collaborative piece written with four other playwrights (

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, and

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)—premièred at The Royal Court in December 2006. '' This Wide Night'' played at the Soho theatre in 2008. A commission from Clean Break (directed by Lucy Morrison), the play went on to a subsequent tour of women's prisons around the UK. ''The Gatekeeper'' premiered at the Royal Exchange, Manchester in February 2012. Moss has also worked in television, writing for series such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Awards

Moss won the Susan Smith Blackburn Playwriting Prize in 2009 for her play '' This Wide Night''.

Works

* '' A Day In Dull Armour'' (2002) * ''

'', (2004) * '' Christmas Is Miles Away'' (2005) * ''

The Way Home (play) The Way Home may refer to: * ''The Way Home'' (2002 film), a South Korean film by Lee Jeong-hyang * ''The Way Home'' (2010 film), an American film with Dean Cain * ''The Way Home'', also known as '' Veettilekkulla Vazhi'', a 2010 Indian Malayalam ...

'' (2006) * '' Catch'' (2006) * ''Indigo'' (2007) * ''A Model Girl'' (2007) * '' This Wide Night'' (2008) * ''The Gatekeeper'' (2012)

References

External links

*
"Chatting with Chloe Moss", ''Upstaged'', David Cote, 7 May 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, Chloe 21st-century British women writers English dramatists and playwrights English screenwriters 1976 births Living people Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University British women screenwriters British women television writers