Emilia di Girolamo is a screenwriter, award winning playwright and poet, a published author and journalist. Born in Bucks in 1971, Emilia is of Italian and Anglo-Indian heritage. Emilia has a First in Drama and a PhD in the rehabilitation of offenders using drama based techniques from Middlesex University. Emilia now works predominantly as a television scriptwriter and screenwriter. She lives in Hastings, East Sussex with her husband and daughter.