Jim Keeble is a

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, travel-writer and screenwriter from

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, England. He now lives in

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with his wife.

Biography

Keeble is an Oxford graduate. For his travel-writing, Keeble won the 1995 "Travel Writer of the Year" award at the Travelex Awards, and his book ''Independence Day – A voyage around America with a broken heart'' was one of the

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' top six travel books of the year 2000. With Dudi Appleton, Keeble began writing screenplays. The first which was filmed was ''A Sort Of Homecoming'' (1994) which was a short based and filmed in

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. This was followed by ''

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'' (set in

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in west

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), in 1999. In television, Keeble continued the collaboration and wrote for series such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and co-created the crime drama '' Wild Bill''. Appleton and Keeble adapted Robert van Gulik's '

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' novels for a new Chinese-British television series. In 2024,

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released the series, ''Judge Dee's Mystery''. As literary influences, Keeble states

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and Charles M. Schulz.

Bibliography

* 2000: ''Independence Day - A voyage around America with a broken heart'' * 2003: ''My Fat Brother'' (US title ''Men and other Mammals'') * 2005: ''The A-Z of Us''

Filmography

* 1994: '' A Sort of Homecoming'' * 1999: ''

'' * 2008: ''

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(2 episodes)'' * 2008-2024: ''

(18 episodes)'' * 2010: ''Thorne: Sleepyhead'' * 2010: ''Thorne: Scaredycat'' * 2015: ''

'' (1 episode) * 2019: ''Wild Bill'' * 2024: ''Judge Dee's Mystery''

References

External links

Official Website
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