Paul Magrs

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Dr Paul Magrs (pronounced "Mars"; born November 1969 in England, United Kingdom) is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he began work in 2004 having formerly taught at the University of East Anglia. He did his PhD at the University of Lancaster.

He is the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works. His first published writing was the short story "Patient Iris", published 1995 in New Writing Four (edited by A. S. Byatt and Alan Hollinghurst). This was soon followed by his debut novel, Marked for Life, the same year. Other novels include Strange Boy (2003) and To the Devil — a Diva! (2004) and he has also published several short stories. With Julia Bell, he edited several issues of the University of East Anglia's Pretext.

He is also the author of four books in the BBC Doctor Who novel range, to which he introduced the character Iris Wildthyme, although she had originally been created in his unpublished first novel, which was named after her. He is the editor of a short story collection featuring the character, entitled Wildthyme on Top, released in 2005 by Big Finish Productions, for whom he has also written short stories and audio plays.

Magrs' novel Exchange was nominated for the 2006 Booktrust Teenage Prize [1] and has been longlisted for the 2007 Carnegie Medal [2]..

Magrs' non-fiction work includes The Creative Writing Coursebook, with Julia Bell and Andrew Motion, published 2001.

He lives with his partner, author and lecturer Jeremy Hoad.

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[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

  • Marked for Life (1995)
  • Does It Show? (1997)
  • Playing Out (1997)
  • Could It be Magic? (1998)
  • Modern Love (2000)
  • All the Rage (2001)
  • Strange Boy (2002)
  • Hands Up! (2003)
  • The Good, the Bat and the Ugly (2004)
  • Aisles (2003)
  • To the Devil – A Diva! (2004)
  • Exchange (2006)
  • Never the Bride (2006)

[edit] Other Works


[edit] Doctor Who novels for BBC Books

[edit] Doctor Who plays for Big Finish

[edit] Books for Big Finish

[edit] Other plays for Big Finish

[edit] External links

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