Nick McCarty

Nick McCarty has been a professional writer since he was 22. Writing mostly for television he co-devised and wrote The Regiment for BBC TV about the Victorian Army. He has written for shows as diverse as Casualty, Bergerac, The Onedin Line and The Six Wives of Henry VIII as well as adapting many classics for radio drama. His awards include The Sony Best Radio Adaptation for A Tale of Two Cities; The Golden Rose New York Best Production for The Canterville Ghost and The Pye Award for Best Children's Television Drama. His books include a retelling of The Iliad which was Alexander the Great's favourite book. Married, with two children, he lives partly in France and partly in Kew, England.