Jemma Kennedy

Jemma Kennedy is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter with extensive teaching experience at City Lit, the Arvon Foundation and various universities. She was Pearson Playwright at the National Theatre in 2010/11 and became part of the inaugural Soho 6 writing scheme with the Soho Theatre Company in 2012. She has two screenplays in development and her novel Skywalking was published by Penguin / Viking in 2002. Jemma has recently been involved as a writing mentor and judge for the National...See more

Jemma Kennedy is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter with extensive teaching experience at City Lit, the Arvon Foundation and various universities. She was Pearson Playwright at the National Theatre in 2010/11 and became part of the inaugural Soho 6 writing scheme with the Soho Theatre Company in 2012. She has two screenplays in development and her novel Skywalking was published by Penguin / Viking in 2002. Jemma has recently been involved as a writing mentor and judge for the National Theatre's inaugural New Views National Playwriting Competition for young writers. Her play Don't Feed The Animals has been commissioned for the National Theatre Connections 2013 and The Grand Irrationality will be produced at the Lost Theater, Los Angeles in early 2013. See less