Adam Kay is a writer and comedian
Author of the multi-award-winning, million-copy bestseller "This is Going to Hurt"
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Writing
Books
Adam's first book, This is Going to Hurt, revisiting his former career as a junior doctor, was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller and the bestselling non-fiction title of 2018. It has spent nine months at number one in the charts, and over a year in the top ten, selling more than a million copies in the UK. This is Going to Hurt has been translated into 33 languages and achieved number one bestseller status internationally.
Winner of a record four National Book Awards (Book of the Year, Non-Fiction Book of the Year, New Writer of the Year, Zoe Ball Book Club Book of the Year), Blackwell's Debut Book of the Year, Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year, iBooks Book of the Year, Esquire Book of the Year, Books Are My Bag Readers' Award and Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Prize. More details about "This is Going to Hurt" here.
TV & film
Adam is currently adapting This is Going to Hurt as a major 8 x 45 minute comedy-drama for BBC Two. Previous credits as a writer and script editor include Mitchell & Webb, Very British Problems, Mrs Brown's Boys, Crims (co-creator), Mongrels, Up The Women, Flat TV, Our Ex Wife, Bounty Hunters, Blind Date, Child Genius - alongside panel show / live writing for high-profile comedians, writing for TV advertisements in UK and US, and rewriting hit Broadway musicals for transfer to West End. He is a Sunday Times columnist.
Performing
Live
As an award-winning live performer, Adam has sold out multiple Edinburgh Fringe runs, West End seasons and UK and international tours. He is in great demand for corporate events and parties, with hundreds of testimonials available on request (including, strangely, from Prince Harry's 30th birthday).
TV
A frequent face on television, Adam is equally at home being sensible (Newsnight, Peston on Sunday, The Big Questions) or less so (The Russell Howard Hour, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown).
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Praise for Adam's live work:
★★★★★ "Blissfully brilliant" Mail on Sunday
★★★★★ "Left us with eyeliner streaming down our face" Cosmo
★★★★ "Electrifying" Guardian
★★★★ "Never less than utterly clever" Telegraph
"This made me very, very happy" Stephen Fry
See praise for Adam's writing at thisisgoingtohurt.co.uk
Contact
Please contact Jess Cooper for TV/film/stage writing enquiries
jessica.cooper@curtisbrown.co.uk
020 7393 4400
Please contact Cathryn Summerhayes for book/journalism enquiries
cathryn.summerhayes@curtisbrown.co.uk
020 7393 4400
Please contact Lee Martin for live performances and corporate enquiries
lee@gagreflex.co.uk
0161 205 8739
Please contact Alex Fane for literary festivals
alex.fane@faneproductions.com
020 7393 4234
Please contact Dusty Miller for press enquiries
dustymillerPR@gmail.com
07955 904 482
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