Steven Chatterton grew up working class in the Black Country. Imagination helped him survive the malign influence of a pantheon of rogues on his council estate, and he now mentors disadvantaged kids via creative workshops in London. A multi-award-winning filmmaker, he adapted his latest film into the internationally published children’s picture book Adnan, which was recently selected for the Edinburgh Book Festival. His screenplays have been chosen for European development programmes and ranked highly on US competition shortlists. He’s nuts about dogs.