Dennis Kelly is a British writer and producer. In 2013, he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical. His other work for theatre includes Debris, Osama the Hero, After the End, Love and Money, Taking Care of Baby, DNA, Orphans, The Gods Weep, and The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas. He also wrote the book for a new musical version of Pinocchio, which opened at the National Theatre at the end of 2017, and in 2018 his new play Girls and Boys opened at the Royal Court. His plays have been performed worldwide and to date have been translated into nearly 40 languages. For television, he co-wrote and co-created Pulling and wrote and created Utopia. For film, he wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film Black Sea, directed by Kevin MacDonald, and he was the screenwriter for the 2022 film adaptation of Matilda.