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Jake Arnott

ジェイク・アーノット

Jeiku Ānotto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961-03-11 （Buckinghamshire, England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Buckinghamshire, England → Leeds → London (Bonnington Square)

Career

Occupations
novelist, dramatist, actor, labourer, mortuary technician, artist's model, theatrical agency assistant
Active Years
1999-2024
Nominations
BAFTA Awards (The Long Firm TV series)

Education

Aylesbury Grammar School
Country: England
Left school at the age of 17

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Long Firm

1999 Crime novel

Tells of Harry Starks, a homosexual East End gangster in the 1960s. Includes references to real-life characters like the Kray twins, Tom Driberg, and Judy Garland. Told from five different points of view.

crimehomosexuality1960s Britain
Adaptations
  • [TV series] The Long Firm (2004)

He Kills Coppers

2001 Crime novel

Tells of a criminal on the run, based on real-life cop killer Harry Roberts, starting in 1966 through to the Thatcher era, Greenham Common protests and Poll Tax Riots.

crimepolitics1960s-1980s Britain
Adaptations
  • [TV series] He Kills Coppers (2008)

The House of Rumour

2012 Conspiracy thriller

Set during WWII and aftermath in London, Southern California and Munich. Features an American SF writer founding a new religion, a rocket scientist dabbling in black arts, and Rudolf Hess's flight to Scotland.

conspiracyoccultWorld War II

Bibliography

  • The Long Firm
  • He Kills Coppers
  • truecrime
  • Johnny Come Home
  • The Devil's Paintbrush
  • The House of Rumour
  • Doctor Who: A Handful of Stardust
  • The Fatal Tree
  • Blood Rival

Adaptations

  • The Long Firm (BBC2 TV series, 2004, won 2 BAFTA Awards)
  • He Kills Coppers (ITV1 TV series, 2008)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Excavation of secret histories beneath the surface of societyMultiple points of view
Recurring Motifs
criminal underworldLGBTreal historical events

Legacy

British novelist and dramatist known for crime fiction including The Long Firm (1999). His works explore secret histories and have been adapted for TV, with BAFTA nominations and wins. Came out as bisexual and ranked among influential LGBT people.

Trivia

  • Came out as bisexual in his twenties
  • Ranked one of Britain's 100 most influential LGBT people in 2005
  • Appeared as a mummy in the 1999 film The Mummy
  • Johnny Come Home was temporarily withdrawn from sale due to a libel claim