Ray Robinson was b orn in North Yorkshire. His debut novel,  Electricity, was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award; its screen adaptation won Best Screenplay at the National Film Awards. His other novels include  Forgetting Zoë, winner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, and The Mating Habits of Stags, which was shortlisted for the Portico Prize and adapted from his Bafta-nominated short film  Edith.