Elizabeth Morton was born and raised in Liverpool, spending much
of her formative years either at convent school, or playing her
piano accordion in Northern working men's clubs. When she was 18
she trained as an actress at the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama and went on to work in TV, film, and theatre. She is known
for the Liverpool sitcom, Watching, playing Madeleine Bassett in
the ITV series, Jeeves and Wooster, and performing in Willy
Russell's plays, including the role of Linda in the original cast
of Blood Brothers in the West End.
She began writing after winning The London Writers Competition and
has written plays as well as episodes of Doctors, the Radio 4 drama
series Brief Lives, and CBeebies.
She was shortlisted for the Bath Short Story award in 2014, also
shortlisted for the Dragon’s Pen competition, Fish Short Story
Award, and in 2015 won prizes in the Exeter Short Story
competition, and the Trisha Ashley Most Humorous Short Story. In
2016, she was one of six shortlisted in the CWA Marjorie Allingham
award.
She is married to All Creatures Great and Small and Doctor Who
actor, Peter Davison.
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