About fr.ed

Heather Peace worked in touring theatre for ten years, commissioning and directing new plays. Residencies included The Women's Theatre Group (1981-4) and Theatre Venture (1884-9).

She joined the BBC Drama Script Unit in 1989, later script editing productions in Drama Serials under Michael Wearing, and Comedy under Robin Nash, where she developed Lisselle Kayla's ground-breaking sitcom Us Girls about three generations of black women. In 1991 she left the BBC to become Head of Comedy Development at Witzend Productions, returning in 1994 to edit one week in four of EastEnders for a year. From '94-'96 she was a senior script editor in Drama Serials, leaving to become a freelance editor and writer.

She wrote for the second series of Crossroads and has written a number of short stories; she trained to teach English in 2003, but prefers to work outside the classroom.

Qualifications:

• BA Honours in English at Nottingham University (1975-8)
• Diploma in Theatre Directing, the Drama Studio, London (1978-9)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the Institute of Education , London University (2003-4) (Qualified to teach English in secondary schools)

Selected TV productions & Publications:

Script Editing

Babes in the Wood by Geoff Deane (sitcom, 6 x 30mins, 1997 ITV)

Real Women by Susan Oudot, (comedy drama, 3 x 50mins, 1997 BBC1)

The Bite by Terry Johnson, (thriller, 2 x 90mins, broadcast 1996 BBC1)

The Ghostbusters of East Finchley by Tony Grounds (comedy drama, 6 x 30mins, 1995 BBC2)

Us Girls by Lisselle Kayla, (sitcom, 6 x 30mins, 1992 BBC1)

Mr Nice by Michael Eaton from Howard Marks' autobiography (drama, 4 x 60mins. Never filmed)

Writing

Fashion Police (adult/teen fiction longlisted by the Fish Short Story prize 2007 and highly commended in the New Writer and Poetry Prizes 2006). Published in The New Writer magazine Nov/Dec 2007 www.thenewwriter.com

Campanula (crossover fairytale shortlisted by the Real Writers competition 2004)

Grace's Book (short story for teenagers, published 2003 by the English and Media Centre)

Crossroads episode 315 (30min soap, 2002 ITV)

Cissy and the Beast (crossover fairytale shortlisted by the London Writers competition 2002)

Review of Grace's Book:

"In a more humourous vein but within (just) the bounds of naturalism, 'Grace's Book' gives us someone who deserves a bigger space in fiction for children, the freaky girl. We know they exist, they win things like 'Fame Academy', so more please." Michael Rosen, January 2004.