Laurie Nunn (born May 1986) is an English screenwriter and playwright best known for creating the

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comedy-drama series ''

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''. Nunn was born in London, England, to British theatre director

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and Australian actress Sharon Lee-Hill. At age 14 she moved to Australia. She received a BA in Film and Television from the

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in 2007 and an MA in screenwriting at the

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in England in 2012. In 2017, she was short-listed for the Bruntwood Prize for ''King Brown'', her first full-length play.

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* 1986 births Living people Victorian College of the Arts alumni Alumni of the National Film and Television School English female screenwriters English women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century British dramatists and playwrights 21st-century British screenwriters 21st-century English women writers Writers from London English people of Australian descent {{UK-writer-stub