Neil Forsyth was born in Scotland in 1978 and grew up in the much admired city of Dundee. His writing career began in books (a largely forgotten form of communication made famous by Jesus and, separately, Agatha Christie). He has written two novels,
Let Them Come Through and
San Carlos while
Other People’s Money, the true story of the Scottish credit card fraudster Elliot Castro was released in seven countries and is being developed as a feature film.
Forsyth first created
Bob Servant in a trilogy of books:
Delete This At Your Peril – The Bob Servant Emails,
Bob Servant – Hero Of Dundee and
Why Me? The Very Important Emails of Bob Servant. Forsyth wrote a BBC Radio 4 adaptation -
The Bob Servant Emails followed by the television series
Bob Servant Independent for BBC4.
Forsyth is currently developing sitcoms with the BBC and a show with ABC/DreamWorks for American TV. In 2012, he memorably came third in the Dundee Evening Telegraph’s Spirit of Dundee competition, losing out to television presenter Lorraine Kelly and the Verdant Works Jute Museum.