Chris Trengove is a writer and script editor specializing in animation and live television. As a screenwriter he has a number of film screenplays to his credit, and he is the author or co-author of several books.

After leaving university Chris trained as a journalist, before working as a strip club stage manager, teacher, rock band manager and minicab driver. He has been a fulltime writer since the early eighties.

After working in advertising and corporate communications, in the mid-eighties Chris spent 18 months in New York writing scripts for THUNDERCATS and other top-rating animated series. Back in the UK, he became one of the country's most sought-after animation writers, and to date has written scripts for, developed or script-edited over 30 successful series. Most notably, he developed and wrote the Bible for worldwide smash hit BOB THE BUILDER, as well as scripting numerous episodes.

He has written or co-written a number of books, including two novels, IT'S YOUR MONEY IN MY POCKET, DEAR, NOT MINE IN YOURS (Quartet 1973, now reissued on Amazon Kindle: click here) and ENGULFED IN A TIDE OF FILTH (Quartet 1975, also on Kindle: click here) FULL MOON, a biography of legendary rock drummer Keith Moon (Morrow 1981) has achieved cult status, with original copies commanding inflated prices. His adventure/fantasy novel KATZERS was published by Bloomsbury in 1996. (Re-titled CLAWS OF FURY, it's now available on Amazon Kindle: click here.)

In recent years he has written scripts for the BAFTA-nominated series KING ARTHUR'S DISASTERS, his episode CIRCUS CALAMITY being nominated for a British Animation Award. He also worked as Series Script Editor and contributed a number of scripts to DENNIS AND GNASHER, a 52-part series based on children's classic DENNIS THE MENACE. . In an educational capacity, he acted as a mentor for the animation group at pan-European creative workshop PYGMALION in 2004, and fulfilled a similar role for PRIME4KIDS&FAMILY in 2010 and 2011. Recent shows for which he has written include JUNGLE BOOK Series 2 and DENNIS AND GNASHER Series 2.

Chris has a grown-up son, and lives in Oxford with his wife. His leisure interests include playing piano and guitar, cars, movies, comedy and travel.