Simon Rumley

The Wobble Club is Simon Rumley’s debut novel but he’s spent his life writing and directing feature film scripts. He’s one of the UK’s leading independent film-makers. His films, Crowhurst, Red White & Blue, ABCs of Death etc have played and been distributed around the world and have premiered at Toronto, Rotterdam and SXSW.

He has won Best Film or Best Director at FantasticFest, Sitges, Frightfest, Fantasia, Fantaspoa, Lund, Boston Underground and Ravenna, amongst others. His films have played on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Shudder, Channel 4, Sundance Channel, The Horror Channel and Sky Movies to name just a few.

He has lived and worked in Austin, New Orleans, Paramaribo, Bristol, New York and Los Angeles but currently lives and works in London.

Inspired by his own weight fluctuations, The Wobble Club details the life and times of Gill and Brolly who live together off South London’s Walworth Road. They share a happy existence, unremarkable except for one thing – their excessive food intake. After witnessing their best friend Tiny Tim eat himself to death, Brolly decides he and Gill should ose weight before suffering the same fate – but Gill refuses. Brolly starts dieting in secret and sets off a series of unpredictable events that will change their lives forever.