Lucy Prebble

Lucy Ashton Prebble (born 18 December 1980) is a British playwright and producer. She has received numerous accolades including three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award as well as two Laurence Olivier Awards.

Prebble made her professional debut as a playwright with her play ''The Sugar Syndrome'' (2003) for which she received the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright. She went on to write ''ENRON'' (2010) which premiered on the West End and Broadway. The play earned a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. She wrote ''The Effect'' (2012) which won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play. She debuted her latest play ''A Very Expensive Poison'' (2019) for which she received another Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play nomination.

For television, she created the ITV2 series ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' (2007–2011) and co-created the Sky Atlantic series ''I Hate Suzie'' (2020–2022) with her close friend Billie Piper. From 2018 to 2023 she served as a writer and an executive producer on the acclaimed HBO drama series ''Succession'', for which she received three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. Provided by Wikipedia