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Stef Penney is a Scottish filmmaker and novelist.
Stef Penney was born and grew up in Edinburgh.

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Penney, Stef 1969-

PERSONAL:

Born 1969, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Education: Graduate of Bristol University; studied film and TV in Bournemouth; participant in Carlton Television New Writers Scheme.

ADDRESSES:

Home—London, England.

CAREER:

Writer, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker. Writer and director of two short films and programs for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and British Film Council.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Costa Award for Best First Novel and Costa Book of the Year Award (formerly Whitbread Prize), both 2007, both for The Tenderness of Wolves.

WRITINGS:

The Tenderness of Wolves, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2007.

Author of screenplay for The Seed, adaptation of Davide de Angelis novel; writer and director of The Knowledge, produced and distributed by the British Film Council; writer and director of You Drive Me, for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); writer and director of The Messenger, BPCAD/Kelso Films; writer and director of The Baker's Tale, BPCAD; writer, Lune, BPCAD; and adaptor and screenwriter, El Amor Oculto,

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Interview
In two separate interviews, Stef Penney discusses many aspects of her first two novels, The Tenderness of Wolves and The Invisible Ones, and in particular why she feels drawn to write about places and people that are far from her own life.
In two separate interviews Stef Penney discusses The Tenderness of Wolves and The Invisible Ones

Questions for Stef Penney from Tana French
I've never been a believer in the whole "write what you know" thing. I think it negates imagination and empathy, which are probably the two most crucial qualities for a writer, and I think it's especially pointless for mystery writers - what, you shouldn't write a murder mystery unless you've actually killed someone? But you go deeper into unknown territory than most, especially most in the crime genre. Is that a deliberate choice? Do you feel a pull toward exploring stuff that's very far from your own experience? Or is that just the way the ideas come up?

SP: I definitely do feel a pull toward people and places that are