Oliver Emanuel was an internationally award-winning playwright based on the west coast of Scotland. He wrote over 30 plays for both stage and radio.

Awards include: Tinniswood Award for Best Audio Drama Script (2019); Best Series at BBC Audio Drama Awards (2019); Herald Angel (2017); Best Adaptation at BBC Audio Drama Awards (2017); People’s Choice Victor Award at IPAY, Philadelphia (2015); Best Show for Children and Young People at UK Theatre Awards (2015). 

In 2020 Tiger is Out, an extract from I Am Tiger, directed by Lu Kemp and starring Ava Hickey, was broadcast on BBC as part of National Theatre of Scotland's Scenes for Survival.

Oliver was Reader of Playwriting at the University of St Andrews where he created the MLItt in Playwriting & Screenwriting with Zinnie Harris.

His plays are published by Oberon Books.