Frank Cottrell Boyce





Frank Cottrell Boyce

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Frank Cottrell Boyce is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor.

In addition to original scripts, Cottrell Boyce has also adapted novels for the screen and written children's fiction, winning the 2004 Carnegie Medal for his debut, Millions, based on his own screenplay for the film of the same name.
His novel Framed was shortlisted for the Whitbread Book of the Year as well as the Carnegie Medal.
He adapted the novel into a screenplay for a 2009 BBC television film. His 2009 novel Cosmic has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.

He is married and the father of seven children.


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Average rating: 3.83 · 5,006 ratings · 1,156 reviews · 25 distinct works · Similar authors
Cosmic
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,932 ratings — published 2008 — 18 editions
Millions
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,232 ratings — published 2004 — 30 editions
Framed
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 709 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions
Unforgotten Coat
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Fli...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Desirable
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3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions
Televisions's Over (One Cho...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
This is the Modern World (O...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
Damned, Damned, Damned (One...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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“We walked on the moon. We made footprints somewhere no one else had ever made footprints, and unless someone comes and rubs them out, those footprints will be there forever because there’s no wind.”
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cosmic

“Oh. My. God.’ she said, pointing out of the window. ‘Do you know what that is?’

I nodded and said, ‘I think I may have seen it before.’

‘That,’ said Florida, ‘is the Moonyouidiot.”
Frank Cottrell Boyce

“Gravity is not a trivial monster.”
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cosmic

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