Chloë Moss (born 1976 in

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) is an

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and screenwriter.

Early life

Moss grew up in

and attended

Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education ...

, where she studied film. She joined the

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's Young Writers programme and wrote her first professional play, '' A Day In Dull Armour''.

Career

She soon became a writer-in-residence at the Bush and is under commission to the

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Royal Exchange, the

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, and

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. Other work includes '' How Love is Spelt'', which opened at the Bush Theatre London in November 2004 and Off-Broadway in August 2005; '' Christmas Is Miles Away'' (Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, November 2005, transferring to the Bush in February 2006); and '' The Way Home'' (Liverpool Everyman, November 2006). '' Catch''—a collaborative piece written with four other playwrights (

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, and

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)—premièred at The Royal Court in December 2006. '' This Wide Night'' played at the Soho Theatre in 2008. A commission from Clean Break (directed by Lucy Morrison), the play went on to a subsequent tour of women's prisons around the UK. ''The Gatekeeper'' premiered at the

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in February 2012. Moss has also worked in television, writing multiple episodes for the Channel 4 soap ''

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'', as well as drama series such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Awards

Moss won the Susan Smith Blackburn Playwriting Prize in 2009 for her play '' This Wide Night''.

Works

* '' A Day In Dull Armour'' (2002) * '' How Love is Spelt'', (2004) * '' Christmas Is Miles Away'' (2005) * '' The Way Home (play)'' (2006) * '' Catch'' (2006) * ''Indigo'' (2007) * ''A Model Girl'' (2007) * '' This Wide Night'' (2008) * ''The Gatekeeper'' (2012)

References

External links

*
"Chatting with Chloe Moss", ''Upstaged'', David Cote, 7 May 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, Chloe 21st-century English women writers English dramatists and playwrights English screenwriters 1976 births Living people Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University English women screenwriters English women television writers