Annie Bennett is a life-long film addict who spent her formative years climbing trees and lurking in cinemas. She's also a published and prize-winning creative and non-fiction writer, poet, teacher and co-leader of River Exe Writers (a collective in Devon). She is passionate about creating and enjoying art that explores subcultures, whales and almost anything that activates curiosity. Currently, Annie is editing her novel about anarchic boat dwellers and co-writing a TV screenplay (exploring gender stereotypes and heteronorms) which has achieved quarterfinalist status in both the Screencraft Fellowship (2020) and LA International Screenplay Awards (2020) and semi-finalist status in Filmmatic Screenplay Awards – Drama (2020).