LUCY WADHAM is a French-speaking British novelist, playwright and screenwriter based between France and the UK. She is the author of six books including two thrillers, one of which, Lost (Faber and Faber), published in English, French and German, was optioned by John Malkovich and then by Emily Watson. Lucy writes for British and French television, working with, amongst others, Haut et Court in Paris and Red Productions and Carnival Films in the UK. In 2015, she won the Content London C21 International Screenwriting Competition for 123 King’s Road, a coming-of-age comedy drama set in 1970s London and in the same year won the Paris des Femmes-DSO theatre prize for her first play, Parfaite. Lucy also has a French language crime series in development with Haut et Court. She participated in the writing rooms of David Vainola and Frank Spotnitz’s Ransom (Season 1) and Ben Chanan’s The Capture (Season 2). As a former investigative journalist in Paris for the BBC, among other outlets, her experiences and contacts in the French police, judiciary and intelligence community have provided much of the material for her work as a screenwriter.
TV
in Development
LES PROIES
Thriller
Haut et Court
New series in development (Omnifilm Entertainment Canada)
UNTITLED thriller (Carnival Films)
International Investigative Drama, original series pilot
123 KING’S ROAD (eOne)
Drama series co-written with her sister, Rose Wadham, is a black comedy loosely based on their childhood growing up off the King’s Road when punk was in full bloom. It won the C21 Screenwriting Award for best pilot.
Other
LIASON (Apple TV)
Lucy provided the English translation of Virginie Brac’s Thriller for Apple TV starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green
THE CAPTURE (Peacock)
Lucy worked in Ben Chanan’s writer’s room for Season 2 of The Capture
RANSOM (CBS)
Lucy worked in Frank Spotnitz’s writer’s room for Season 1 of Ransom
Previous commissions
Historical Drama Series (Gurinder Chadha/ Bend It Networks/ BBC).
Pilot and Bible commissioned.
BLACK FLAG (Red Production Company)
Original thriller series pilot.
Books
LOST (Faber).
This thriller set on Corsica in the world of organised crime and separatist politics was shortlisted for the Golden Dagger Award for crime fiction.
CASTRO’S DREAM (Faber)
GREATER LOVE (Faber)
THE SECRET LIFE OF FRANCE (Faber)
National bestseller list.
HEADS AND STRAIGHTS (Penguin)
Theatre & Opera
In 2015, Lucy won the Prix des Spectateurs at the Paris des Femmes Festival for her first play, Parfaite. She has also written for operas including a libretto for Mariame Clément’s Fairy Queen by Purcell at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
She is currently commissioned by Glyndebourne for a new opera, working with Mariame Clément.