Vicky Richards
jack of
many words
Children's novel
My first children's novel Curse That Hearse was longlisted for both the Mslexia Children's Novel Competition and the Guppy Books open submission window in 2023.
​
Originally completed in 2021, it was selected for the WriteMentor summer mentoring programme 2022 and developed with advice from a published author. The book
is currently on submission to agents.
​
My previous writing includes several short stories, one of which - Seer, Unseen - was published in the City of Stories Anthology in 2017.
Playwriting
Last year, I wrote my first full length play about friendship and time travel as part of Broken Silence Theatre’s Playwrights’ Hive. This was longlisted for development by the Traverse Theatre and also placed in the top 12% of scripts received for the BBC Writersroom Open Call in January 2022.
​
I have also had several monologues and short plays produced by organisations such as Encompass Productions and Theatre 503.
Screenwriting
I have been working on both comedy and drama scripts.
An initial extract from a drama pilot Blood Ties made it into the top 30 scripts of the Voices of the Future Competition
in 2021.
​
This year, I have been developing a quirky family sitcom and am taking in feedback on this after an initial read by the London Comedy Writers group.
