Robert Hudson (born 1973) is a British novelist and comedy writer who has written journalism, particularly on sport and digital media, for many UK newspapers.

Early life and education

Hudson was born in

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, raised in

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, and lives in

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. He was educated at

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, where he received a Ph.D. in

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Career

In 2007, the comedy musical ''Sherlock Holmes (the early years)'', for which he co-wrote the book, won the Theater for the American Musical award at the

New York Musical Theatre Festival The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) was an annual three-week summer festival that operated from 2004 to 2019. It presented more than 30 new musicals a year in New York City's midtown theater district. More than half were chosen by leading theate ...

. His novel ''The Kilburn Social Club'', about a Premiership football club run on idealistic principles in an alternative version of modern London, was published by Vintage in 2009 and widely reviewed. Since 2010, he has been curator and founder of the Kilburn-based comedy storytelling night ''Tall Tales'', which has featured

John Finnemore John David Finnemore (born 28 September 1977) is a British comedy writer and actor. He wrote and performed in the radio series ''Cabin Pressure'', ''John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme'', and '' John Finnemore's Double Acts'', and frequently ...

and

Marie Phillips Marie Phillips (born 22 April 1976) is a British writer. She is best known for her debut novel, ''Gods Behaving Badly'', a comic fantasy concerning ancient Greek gods living in modern-day Hampstead. It was first published in the United Kingdom ...

among others. His comedy series ''Warhorses of Letters'', co-written with

, has been recorded for BBC Radio 4 starring

Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...

Daniel Rigby Daniel Rigby (born 6 December 1982) is an English actor and comedian. He received a BAFTA TV Award for his leading role as Eric Morecambe in the 2011 television film ''Eric and Ernie''. Early life Rigby was born in Stockport, Greater Mancheste ...

, and

Tamsin Greig Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress, narrator and comedian. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Black Books'', Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Green Wing'', Beverly Lincoln in Br ...

and was first broadcast in October 2011. Series 2 was broadcast at the end of 2012. The book of the series is being crowd-funded through the Unbound platform.

Books

References

External links

* publisher's book webpage * — official author site * — official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Robert 21st-century British novelists Living people 1973 births British male novelists 21st-century British male writers