Jenny Lecoat is a screenwriter and novelist.

A former stand-up comic, presenter, actor and feature writer for newspapers and magazines, she has spent thirty years writing for a range of formats including feature film, television drama, sitcoms and sketch shows, including consultancy work. She has taught many screenwriting courses, is a qualified teacher of English as a Foreign Language, and has studied British Sign Language enabling her to work with D/deaf writers and actors.

She is married to writer Gary Lawson and lives in East Sussex, UK.