Jack Thorne is an English screenwriter and playwright who has written for radio, theatre and film. Thorne began his TV career writing on Shameless and Skins, before writing Cast Offs in 2009. He has since created the shows Glue, The Last Panthers, Kiri and The Accident. He is also the writer of the television adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. He has won five BAFTA awards: Best Mini-Series for This is England ’88, Best Drama Series for The Fades, Best Single Drama for Don't Take My Baby, Best Serial for This is England ’90 and Best Original Series for National Treasure.

Thorne's feature film credits include The Scouting Book for Boys, War Book, A Long Way Down, Wonder (starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson) and The Aeronauts (starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne). Thorne is also a prolific playwright, having written the critically acclaimed The Solid Life of Sugar Water, Hope, The End of History, and adaptations of Let the Right One In at the Royal Court, and Woyzeck (starring John Boyega) and A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic. He also wrote the stage play for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child based on an original story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany, which won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2017 and the 2018 Tony Award for Best Play.

杰克·索恩（Jack Thorne）是一位英国编剧和剧作家，曾为广播、戏剧和电影撰稿。索恩的电视生涯始于《无耻之徒》和《皮肤》，然后在 2009 年写了《抛弃》。此后，他创作了《胶水》、《最后的黑豹》、《基里》和《事故》等节目。他还是菲利普·普尔曼（Philip Pullman）的《他的黑暗材料》（His Dark Materials）的电视改编作家。他曾获得五项英国电影学院奖：《This is England '88》最佳迷你剧集、《The Fades》最佳剧集、《Don't Take My Baby》最佳单剧、《This is England '90》最佳连续剧和《国家宝藏》最佳原创剧集。

索恩的故事片作品包括《男孩童子军》、《战争之书》、《漫漫长路》、《奇迹》（由朱莉娅·罗伯茨和欧文·威尔逊主演）和《飞行员》（由费利西蒂·琼斯和埃迪·雷德梅恩主演）。索恩也是一位多产的剧作家，曾写过广受好评的《糖水的坚实生活》、《希望》、《历史的终结》，以及改编的《让合适的人进来皇家宫廷》和《沃伊泽克》（由约翰·博耶加主演）和《老维克的圣诞颂歌》。他还根据索恩、JK罗琳和约翰蒂芙尼的原创故事为《哈利·波特与被诅咒的孩子》编写了舞台剧，该剧获得了2017年奥利弗奖最佳新剧奖和2018年托尼奖最佳剧本奖。