Kolton Lee

Kolton Lee is a British film director, crime novelist, and former journalist and editor of The Voice.

Life and career His parents came from the Caribbean island of Montserrat. They met in London, England, in the 1950s. When the couple split, their two children were sent to a Surrey-based children's home, Reedham School. Lee was seven years old when he arrived there and he remained there until he was 16. At Reedham, Lee discovered a talent for basketball. He went on to represent his county and his country at levels under-17 and U-19 and became a full, senior international player when he turned 20. He combined his playing with attending Borough Road College, part of London University, to study English Literature.

A serious knee injury cut his basketball career short. He started working as a journalist freelancing for a variety of sports publications, he found a full-time job as a sports journalist for The Voice and later became the magazines editor. His short film Blood was bought by MTV North America. Kolton's second feature film, Freestyle, was a youth romance with a basketball back drop.

Lee's first novel, a contemporary crime thriller titled The Last Card, received positive reviews in The Guardian and The Observer, he is currently preparing a follow-up for his publisher. Lee's second novel is about a sports psychologist who gets embroiled in dodgy dealings in a tennis camp for young stars.

Films Freestyle (2010) Blood (2005) Cherps (2005) American Mod (2002)

Novels The Last Card (2007)