Matthew Stokoe

Matthew Stokoe is a British writer and screenwriter.

Biography

Stokoe was born in England, graduated from University of East London where he studied economics, and has lived in Australia, New Zealand, and the US. Stokoe has written several books and screenplays, one of which was co-written with Simon Mackie, based on Mackie's comic strip Flick and Jube. He is mostly known for his brutal, noir, violent style of writing. Among his favorite authors are Raymond Chandler, Hubert Selby, and Nelson Algren. In 2014 Stokoe's third novel, Empty Mile, was nominated for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. His fourth novel, Colony of Whores, continues Stokoe's exploration of the Hollywood underbelly begun in his second novel, High Life.