Kevin Toolis was born and brought up in the Pleasance district of Edinburgh, studied Philosophy and English at Edinburgh University and was a member of the Traverse Theatre Club.
As a journalist Toolis worked in the House of Commons as a press gallery reporter and then reported on political conflicts and terrorism for publications across the world including The New York Times, The Scotsman, The Glasgow Herald, The Guardian and The Daily Mirror.
In February 2013 Toolis produced the MI5 spy thriller Complicit for Channel 4 and as a documentary director has made a series of acclaimed films on terrorism including Cult of the Suicide Bomber and The History of the Car Bomb.
He has also worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. The Confessions of Gordon Brown is his first play.
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