Background
Gill was born in Ilford, Essex, the son of a German father and an English mother, and grew up in London.
Gill was born in Ilford, Essex, the son of a German father and an English mother, and grew up in London.
He was educated at Chigwell School and Clare College, Cambridge, and worked as an actor and as a director in the theatre (especially at the Royal Court Theatre in London), for the Arts Council, and for the British Broadcasting Corporation and television-am (as writer and producer) before turning to full-time writing.
He also publishes under three pseudonyms: Oliver Bowden, Antony Cutler, and Ray Evans.