HARRY DUFFIN is an award-winning British writer, who has been Head of Development at UK independent, Cloud 9, since its foundation in 1994. Since that time he has been lead writer/script executive responsible for seven major television series, including “Swiss Family Robinson” starring Richard Thomas, and “Twist in the Tale” featuring William Shatner.

He is co-creator of the UK Channel Five teen series “The Tribe”. In its fifth series, numbering over 260 episodes, “The Tribe” has been sold world-wide.

Before joining Cloud 9, Harry worked extensively in British theatre and UK television for both the BBC and ITV, on flagship series like EASTENDERS and CORONATION STREET. While working on `The Street”, he won the Writers´Guild Award for Best TV serial.

In 2010 Harry published his first novel, CHICAGO MAY, and has since published JAIL TALES, amusing memoirs of his wife's 20 year career as a prison governor, and BIRTH OF THE MALL RATS; the first in a series of novels based on the cult teen TV series, THE TRIBE.