about me

LOOKMAN was born in a south of London in the 1950's. In his youth, he became a successful constituency political press officer, magazine publisher, campaigner and the youngest elected representative in the UK. Before writing he was occupied in business and studies.

His Writing and Drama
Lookman has a passion to write innovatively for his audience. This is something he learnt as a political press officer. He writes to entertain, using plots to mislead the reader in ways that are novel, humorous and edifying before reaching the final climax. His writing career began when he discussed filling radio broadcast time. He wrote and produced three consecutive radio plays for BBC Radio. He has since published three books: ‘Children from the Sea', ‘Henry and the Alien' and ‘Mihte's Quest: Kids in the Underworld'. There are four more in books in an unpublished state. His favourite genres are fantasy, humour, adventure and historical children's fiction. Other books include Jo Badpenny, Jo Badpenny at school. Mihte's Challenge: Can Jack defeat the Dread Lord of Anihillation and the Gossiping Tree.

Film Producer / screenwriter
Instead of pursuing his writing career, he has since concentrated on writing screenplays: notably ‘Children from the Sea', ‘Henrietta's Odyssey' and a television series. It began when a Hollywood Producer approached him to make a television film out of his first Mihte book. The screenplays use a number of innovative special effects and lighting regimes. This is to generate interest and greater audience enjoyment. He is currently making a film short, Distant Relatives.

Animation script writer and Exec Producer
He is currently developing a children's television cartoon series with an award winning animation Production Company. His company Lookman Ltd was set up to build branded cross media films, animation and merchandising.

Memberships
South East Authors (a founder member of) A branch of the Society of Authors.
CWIG
Broadcast Group
Mole Valley Screenwriters group
New Producer’s Alliance
Oddfellows

favourite books

I love anything by HG Wells, John Wyndham George Bernard Shaw, C S Lewis Harold Pinter, or George Orwell.
Modern writers include Nickoli Tolstoy, Philip Pullman, Anthony Horowitz, Charlie Higson, and Joseph Delaney.

my websites

http://www.lookman.biz     http://www.linkedin.com/in/lookmanauthor