Kevin Sampson

Kevin Sampson is a British novelist and screenwriter, best known for his novels Awaydays (1998), Powder (1999), Stars Are Stars (2006) and The Killing Pool (2014). He began his career in the music industryby writing gig reviews for NME in the 80s and has written for i-D, Arena, Sounds, Time Out and the Observer. He was part of Produce Records, who had a string of Top 40 hits in the 90s including The Farm's 'Groovy Train' and 'All Together Now'. His screenwriting credits include Anne (ITV, 2022), The Hunt for Raoul Moat (2023) and the film adaption of Awaydays (2009).

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