Charlie Higson is a well-known television comedian. His comedy career began in partnership with his friend Paul Whitehouse.
Their first big success came in 1987 on the cult TV show Saturday Live when they wrote the character of Stavros for Harry Enfield. They followed this up with an even bigger hit, Loadsamoney, which they created for the next series.
Since then they have been much in demand in the field of television comedy. Hits include the Harry Enfield Television Programme for the BBC.
In 1994 Charlie and Paul wrote, co-produced and performed in a sketch show of their own, The Fast Show. They completed three series of the show which gained a cult following.
Charlie is also a novelist. His first novel King of the Ants was published in March 1992. His second novel Happy Now was followed a year later. He has written two further books - Full Whack and Getting rid of Mr Kitchen.
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