Tajinder Singh Hayer is a lecturer in Creative Writing at the Department of English & Creative Writing, Lancaster University. He has written scripts for radio (BBC Radio 3, 4, and the Asian Network), screen (CBeebies) and theatre (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Menagerie Theatre, Arcola Theatre, Freedom Studios, Look Left, Look Right Theatre Company). He is director of the the Lancaster Playwriting Prize and the Lancaster Words literary festival.