Simon Longman is a playwright from the West Midlands. His plays include Island Town (Paines Plough), Gundog (Royal Court Theatre), Rails (Theatre By The Lake – shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting), Sparks (Old Red Lion Theatre) and Milked (Pentabus Theatre Company).

In 2018 he was awarded the 49th George Devine award for Most Promising Playwright and has previously won the Channel 4 Playwrights’ Scheme.