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Edward Carey (born April 1970, in North Walsham, Norfolk, England) is a playwright and novelist. He has written several adaptations for the stage, including Patrick Süskind’s The Pigeon and Robert Coover’s Pinocchio in Venice. His own plays include Sulking Thomas and Captain of the Birds. He collaborated with Eddin Khoo on the wayang kulit translation of Macbeth called Macbeth in the Shadows.

Carey attended the Nautical College, Pangbourne, as did his father and grandfather. He did not enlist in the Royal Navy, however. Instead, he participated in the National Youth Theatre and attended the University of Hull, earning a degree in drama in 1991.

As a young Man, Carey worked in Madame Tussauds wax museum (London), which would figure into his historical novel, Little.