Answer the following question: Facts:   - successor: nigel haselden    - party: labour party    - spouse: julie myerson    - predecessor: michael english    - office: lambeth borough councillor for clapham town ward      - term end: 4 may 2006    - term start: 2 may 2002    - birth date: 12 january 1960    - name: jonathan myerson    - nationality: british   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jonathan myerson .
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jonathan myerson -lrb- born 12 january 1960 -rrb- is a british dramatist and novelist , writing principally for television and radio .his partner is novelist julie myerson .myerson 's first play making a difference was commissioned by the oxford playhouse company .a subsequent work , diary of a nobody was written for the national theatre .his latest work includes `` number 10 '' , a five-part series for bbc radio 4 about a fictional prime minister and his staff in downing street. , including an episode in which saint helena is invaded by angola .his animated film of `` the canterbury tales '' was nominated for an oscar -lrb- as animated short film -rrb- in 1999 and won the bafta award for best animated film in addition to four emmys .he is the author of two novels , `` noise '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- and `` your father '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and is a founding partner of `` the writer 's practice '' , a literary consultancy .he was a labour councillor for clapham town ward , lambeth from 2002 to 2006 he is currently the course director , ma in creative writing -lrb- novels -rrb- at city university london 's journalism department .