Biografie

As a youngster, he performed on stage in various musicals at the Harrogate Theatre and Royal Hall.

He was one of the judges for the Lit Scares International Horror Festival's first year, where the winners were watched and decided by George Cameron Romero, son of director George A. Romero, best known for creating the Night of the Living Dead series.

His favourite film is Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. In an interview, Lewis said it was the film that drew him further into the writing process, breaking down scenes to find the glue that holds it together.

His parents divorced in late-2010; each parent has since remarried. He has a younger brother, and on his father's side, he has an older half-brother, an older stepbrother, and a younger stepsister. He also has another younger stepsister on his mother's side.

Attended Ashville College, a private school in Harrogate, where actor Jim Carter and two-time Oscar-winning director Tony Richardson also studied.