Jimmy Boyle (artist) Jimmy Boyle (artist) James Boyle (born 17 May 1944) is a Scottish gangster and convicted murderer who became a sculptor and novelist after his release from prison. In 1967, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of another gangland figure, William "Babs" Rooney, but released after 14 years. He has always denied killing Rooney but has acknowledged having been a violent and sometimes ruthless moneylender from the Gorbals, one of the roughest areas of Glasgow. During his incarceration in the special unit of Barlinnie Prison, he turned to art and wrote an autobiography, "A Sense of Freedom" (1977),
Petter S. Rosenlund 1997. The play was appointed the most delirious and striking comedy debut in years, and rewarded with the Norwegian Ibsen Award in 1998. "An Impossible Boy" has been staged several times in Norway and on more than 20 stages abroad. The play is translated into nine languages. Petter S. Rosenlund Petter S. Rosenlund (born 1967) is a Norwegian dramatist. He is behind the TV series, The Heavy Water War (2015). He has written 17 scripts for TV, film and theater. His TV series credits also include; "Thomas P.", a supernatural youth series adapted from his prize-winning novel of the same