About the Writer Bernard was born in London and lives in Paris. A former foreign correspondent (and still a regular film critic), he spent four years in Moscow and is interested in all things Russian. For the past 10 years he has written screenplays, mostly in French but also some in English. He has a short film currently in production and several other projects under option. He recently finished writing the feature I Spied for Stalin, a love-story set in wartime Moscow, for Lark Productions (UK). He first collaborated with his composer-lyricist Bob Barton on the musical Lash Me to the Mast, Adrian Mitchell’s take on the Odyssey.