Edward Canfor-Dumas

Edward Canfor-Dumas

Edward Canfor-Dumas (born 1957) is an award-winning TV scriptwriter and novelist. After winning a scholarship to Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, he read English Literature at New College, Oxford. Soon after, he started penning scripts for popular television series such as "The Bill" and "Kavanagh QC". His first major feature-length programme was "Tough Love", a powerful drama about police corruption, starring Ray Winstone. He then wrote the drama for the highly-acclaimed BBC drama-documentary "", which was nominated for a BAFTA, and followed this in 2005 with "Supervolcano".

He branched out into novels in the same year, with the successful modern story "The Buddha, Geoff and Me" [http://www.mrsite.co.uk/usersitesv9/thebuddhageoffandme.com/wwwroot/index.htm] . The book is based on Buddhist teachings - a practising Buddhist himself, Canfor-Dumas is a member of the lay group Soka Gakkai International (SGI). He is also active as Chair of the pressure group "ministry for peace" [http://www.ministryforpeace.org/] , which campaigns for a ministry within government dedicated to working for peace at home and abroad. It was in this capacity that he took a lead role in establishing the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues [http://www.conflictissues.org.uk] , which was launched in February 2007. He lives with his wife, Coralyn, in Hertfordshire, near London, and has two children, Alexander and Emily.

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