Jake Arnott is a novelist and Screenwriter whose bestselling debut The Long Firm was made into a four-part series for BBC2 in 2004, starring Sir Derek Jacobi and Mark Strong. The series was nominated for the Best Drama Serial and Best Actor Awards at the BAFTAs.
Subsequently, his second novel, He Kills Coppers, was made into a critically acclaimed three-part series for ITV1, starring Rafe Spall and Kelly Reilly.
Harry Stark, the charismatic anti-hero of The Long Firm, also appeared in his follow up novels, Truecrime, Johnny Come Home and the highly acclaimed The Devil's Paintbrush in 2009.
His most recent novel, The Fatal Tree, was published in 2017 and is being developed for television.