Daran Little

Daran Little (born 11 May 1966) is a BAFTA Award-winning and EMMY nominated British television writer, most notable for his works on Coronation Street from 2000 until 2010 - writing 104 episodes, EastEnders since 2010 - writing 86 episodes to date, and Hollyoaks on-and-off since 2006.

While at Manchester Polytechnic, he wrote his dissertation about Coronation Street. After graduating in 1988, he was taken on by Granada Television as an archivist. He has written several books, both fiction and non-fiction, about the show and its characters and co-wrote Betty Driver's autobiography.

Little left Granada in 2006 after writing 95 episodes of the Street and introducing the first gay character, Todd Grimshaw. He created the characters Sean Tully, Archie Shuttleworth, Bev Unwin and Eric Gartside who was played by Peter Kay. He created, wrote and produced a 20-part series called Hollyoaks: In the City for Mersey Television. The series was not recommissioned for a second series. He joined the Hollyoaks writing team, writing 12 episodes before moving to New York to work on "All My Children".

ABC Daytime hired him to be a creative consultant on All My Children. He worked closely with Brian Frons, Barbara Esensten, James Harmon Brown, Charles Pratt, Jr. and Julie Hanan Carruthers. He was an Associate Head Writer from July 14, 2008 to November 2, 2009.

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