Michael Frayn
Playwright
He wrote award-winning plays like Noises Off and Copenhagen, and is also known for novels like Towards the End of the Morning.
He worked as a newspaper columnist for The Guardian and The Observer.
His 2000 play Copenhagen won a Tony Award for Best Play.
His father was a deaf asbestos salesman.
He wrote the screenplay for the 1986 comedy Clockwise, starring Monty Python's John Cleese.