Writing Castlevania Nocturne

Testament is a writer, rapper and world record breaking human beatboxer. His play Black Men Walking was nominated at the UK Theatre Awards and the Writer Guild Awards. Testament’s work includes the celebrated Hip-Hop album Homecut: No Freedom Without Sacrifice and play Blake Remixed. He’s recently presented BBC Radio 4 Pick of the Wick.

Clive Bradley is a British screenwriter renowned for his work in film and television. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, he gained early recognition by winning the inaugural Orange Prize for Screenwriting in 1999. Bradley’s television career began with the episode “Force of Nature” for ITV’s The Vice in 2001 and has included writing the three-part Last Rights (2004), A Harlot’s Progress (2006), and serving as the lead writer for the series City of Vice (2007), which earned him a nomination for a Writers’ Guild of Great Britain award. His children’s drama That Summer Day (2006) won the BAFTA Award for Best Children’s Drama in 2007.

In 2021, Bradley was announced as the writer and showrunner for Netflix’s Castlevania spin-off, Castlevania: Nocturne, set in 1792 France. He was also set to adapt Giles Milton’s book Winston Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare into a ten-episode television drama.

Jared Shurin is the editor of The Big Book of Cyberpunk, The Djinn Falls in Love, The Best of British Fantasy, and many others. He has spent over twenty years developing communications strategies for governments, global businesses and the third sector. His dedication to literature also includes founding a small press, serving as the director of a literary award, and editing the occasional anthology.