Paul Twivy

Paul has written a feature film, stage play and TV mini-series about Waldemar Haffkine, a remarkable man who saved mankind from cholera and the plague. He was wrongly accused of killing 19 people through negligence in what was called “The Second Dreyfus Affair.” This led to him dying in obscurity where he has remained ever since, but without him, we would not have survived Covid. 

He has also just completed a stage play entitled Chaos a dark comedy about what happens when two warring families turn up at a boutique hotel in Northern Spain run by two OCD gay men, in the middle of a bizarre local festival. It explores important themes of sexuality, love, aggression and, of course, chaos, in the post-Brexit, pre-pandemic world of 2019.

Paul first novel – Hallowed Ground: The Mystery of the African Fairy Circles – was published in October 2019 and was runner-up in the People’s Book Prize. Paul is currently adapting it into a screenplay.

In 2015, Bite Back published Paul’s book - Be Your Own Politician:  Why it’s time for a new kind of politics - based on his work with 3 UK Prime Ministers. It was well reviewed, featuring heavily on the BBC, and was the Daily Mirror’s Book of the Week.

In 2004, he researched, collated and edited a book about social and environmental actions everyone could undertake in their daily lives: Change the World for a Fiver. It sold 1.2 million copies worldwide and was translated into several languages.

He wrote and performed comedy with Ian Hislop for several years, both on stage and on radio. He also wrote comedy with Richard Curtis and Chris Tarrant.

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For Paul's full biography and writing credits, please see his CV

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Represented by Gabrielle Dawes

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