Toy Soldiers

Obituary: Stephen S. Thompson

A highly acclaimed novelist of Jamaican descent, Thompson’s first novel Toy Soldiers was published in 2000 and he went on to write three further novels, including Missing Joe in 2012 and No More Heroes in 2016.

Stephen wrote the powerful feature-length drama Sitting In Limbo in response to his brother Anthony Bryan’s fight against deportation amidst the Windrush scandal. The film was broadcast on BBC One in June 2020, directed by Stella Corradi and starring Patrick Robinson, and won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama.