Screenwriter Karissa Hamilton-Bannis who has worked on shows and films for Channel 4, Netflix and BBC Studios.  She is working on her debut novel.

Karissa is a regular writer on Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks. She has written several projects for film and television, including writing two episodes for BBC’s adaptation of A Kind of Spark and for the second series of Netflix teen thriller series Get Even. She has written an episode of Doctor Who audio spin off Doctor Who Redacted for BBC Studios with lead writer Juno Dawson. She is currently working on her original comedy drama series Possessed with Channel Four and Hartswood Films, with numerous other projects in development.

Karissa is represented by Kitson Press for the screen.