Amber Hsu (徐碧莉//xúbìlì) is a Taiwanese-born, British-American writer, poet, visual artist, and small press publisher.
She has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court Theatre, CBBC, BBC, Islington Youth Theatre, Orange Tree Theatre, and National Theatre Studios amongst others. Most recently, her scripted short Rock, Paper, Fire appeared on the CBBC for young audiences. She also adapted a collection of heroic tales and legends for the Story Museum.
She is currently under contract to write her first non-fiction book — a narrative history exploring the obsession of human geniuses with animals and nature.
In 2017, she was named to the BBC‘s New Talent Hotlist after her short film script The Match Girl was produced by BBC3 for their groundbreaking series #TheBreak.
In 2014, she was awarded a Film London London Calling Award and commissioned to make her first short film: Next Time.
She is also the creator of #OnePoundPoems, a live poetry project, and Tiny Pencil, an artist-led anthology artzine dedicated to graphite arts.
Once, she also worked in a morgue.
For Literary enquiries in Film, Television, and Theatre please contact Emily Hickman at The Agency .
For Book enquiries please contact Jack Fogg at DunnFogg.
Some Press & Interviews:
RSC Livestream Interview with Erica Whyman (Deputy Artistic Director Royal Shakespeare Company) & Claire Birch (Producer of Three Tales from Ovid)