Lars Pearson

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Lars Pearson is the owner/publisher of Mad Norwegian, a publishing company specializing in reference guides to television shows including Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Doctor Who, plus the Faction Paradox range of novels.

The son of Leslie Pearson, an Air Force Captain who served in World War II, Pearson was raised in Iowa but later moved to New Orleans. He and his fiancée later eloped to the French Quarter there. They now reside back in Iowa.

Pearson previously worked for Wizard Entertainment as the price guide editor for the magazines Wizard: The Comics Magazine, Toyfare and InQuest. He has written three volumes of I, Who, a reference guide series to the Doctor Who novels and audios.

He is married to Christa Dickson.

[edit] Reference guides by Lars Pearson

• I, Who: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Novels, 1999 ISBN 0-9673746-0-X
• I, Who 2: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Novels and Audios, 2001 ISBN 1-57032-900-1
• Prime Targets: The Unauthorized Story Guide to Transformers, Beast Wars & Beast Machines, 2001 ISBN 1-57032-901-X
• Now You Know: The Unauthorized Guide to GI Joe TV & Comics, 2002 ISBN 1-57032-902-8
• I, Who 3: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Novels and Audios, 2003 ISBN 0-9725959-1-0
• Dusted: The Unauthorized Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (with Lawrence Miles and Christa Dickson) 2003 ISBN 0-9725959-0-2
• AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe (written by Lance Parkin with additional material by Pearson), 2006 ISBN 0-9725959-9-6
• Redeemed: The Unauthorized Guide to Angel (with Christa Dickson) upcoming, 2006 ISBN 0-9725959-3-7

[edit] Other books

• Faction Paradox: The Book of the War (contributing author, uncredited), 2002 ISBN 1-57032-905-2