Jessica Dyer catches up with local writer Simon Lewis during lockdown to hear about the new film he has written, what it’s like working from the confines of home and how Brixton has inspired his subject matter.
Simon Lewis started his writing career as a guidebook researcher in China and India, before becoming a novelist and screenwriter. He has published three novels (travel and crime thrillers) and written screenplays for film and television.
Simon’s latest work is the screenplay for sky original film Four Kids and It. The family film is based on a Jacqueline Wilson novel, about a group of kids on holiday in Cornwall who meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes. Some readers may recognise the familiar title as the story is a modern retelling of Five Children and It by E E Nesbit.
