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Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a playwright and author, based in the north-east of England.

Peter Straughan was the writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays Bones and Noir. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.Straughan has now penned a number of different stories over various media, from his screenplay Three Bad Men to his radio play The Ghost of Federico Garcia Lorca Which Can Also Be Used as a Table.

Peter's first ambition was to be a professional musician and he achieved this while playing bass guitar with Newcastle-based band The Honest Johns. Peter spent 4 years touring and recording with the band through the late 80's and into the early 90's before leaving to take up full-time education at Newcastle University. While Peter was a student he was also a member of the band Cactusman. They played many gigs in Newcastle including 'The Riverside' The band also appeared on the CD recording 'North of London' with the song 'Killer' penned by Peter in his distinctive 'dark' style ('North of London' a compilation of songs by various North East bands) In 2004 The Honest Johns re-formed without Peter although they are still in (very occasional) contact.

He also co-wrote the 2006 feature film, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution and adapted Toby Young's memoir How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. He is the writer of the 2009 film, The Men Who Stare at Goats.

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