Kate Lock is an actress and writer. She is the author of Russian Dolls (King’s Head, London, 2016; winner of the Adrian Pagan Award). Her other plays include Job for Life (Writers’ Guild Award), Sleeping Dogs and Tuesday’s Child (co-written with Terry Johnson, originally a BBC TV drama, later adapted for the stage and premiered at Theatre Royal Stratford East). She has also performed stand-up comedy and written various sketches and monologues.