Background
Williams was born in Cheadle, Cheshire.
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This comic trilogy brings together in one volume the tales of Henry Farr (hero of "The Wimbledon Poisoner"), Simon Britton (the 14-year-old Ufologist of "They Came from SW19"), and Robert Wilson (the aimless, untruthful young Englishman of "East of Wimbledon").
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Williams was born in Cheadle, Cheshire.
He was educated at Highgate School and Oriel College, Oxford, is married with three sons and lives in Putney, south-west London.
After graduating from Oxford, Williams joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as a general trainee, and worked as an arts producer for the Corporation eventually becoming the editor of Omnibus and Bookmark. Williams was also the primary scriptwriter for the second season - based on Greek myths - of the acclaimed Jim Henson"s Storyteller series. Non-fiction 1995 – From Wimbledon to Waco (Faber & Faber).
His first novel My Life Closed Twice won the 1978 Somerset Maugham Award. Foreign his screen adaptation of William Horwood"s Skallagrigg (1994) he won a television British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Williams" most successful work has been the 2005 television drama Elizabeth I, being himself nominated for an Emmy Award for his script and winning multiple awards for the film and its star, Helen Mirren.
(This comic trilogy brings together in one volume the tale...)