Mark Michalowski
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Mark Michalowski(born 1963 inChesterfield) is the editor ofShout!,"Yorkshire's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender paper ", as well as being an author best known for his work writingspin-offsbased on theBBC TelevisionseriesDoctor Who.He lives and works inLeeds.[1]
Work[edit]
Michalowski's first published work was ashort storyin theBig Finish Productions' collectionProfessorBernice Summerfieldand the Dead Men's Diaries(Big Finish, September 2000), which was the result of a chance meeting with producerGary Russellwhilst both were visiting BBC Manchester. He continued writing short stories for Big Finish'sShort Tripsrange, and also for a variety of charity fanzines, before his first novel,Relative Dementias(BBC Books, 2003) was published as part of theBBC BooksPast Doctor Adventures.This was widely well-received, and led to a further novel being published by the BBC, this time anEighth Doctor AdventurecalledHalflife(BBC Books, 2004).
His next published novel was the Big FinishBernice SummerfieldnovelThe Tree of Life(Big Finish, 2005), followed by the story "Let There Be Stars" in the Bernice Summerfield anthologyCollected Works(Big Finish, 2005) and other stories for collections by the same company.
A further Doctor Who novel was published in September 2007,Wetworldfeaturing the10th DoctorandMartha,and a second NSA released in September 2008,Shining Darknessfeaturing the 10th Doctor andDonna.
Since then he has contributed a story to the audio playForty Five(Big Finish, 2009) to help celebrate the 45th anniversary ofDoctor Who,as well as written the Iris Wildthyme audioThe Sound of Fear(Big Finish, 2009).
He has also contributed graphic design work toObverse Books,designing the cover for their short story collection,Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus,for which company he also contributed a story inThe Panda Book of Horror.
ABeing Humannovel,Chasers,was released in 2010, as was a short story for the Bernice Summerfield collectionSecret Histories.
His latest work isThe Ghosts of Mercury,book #3 in the first series ofSpace: 1889& Beyond,due for release late 2011.
References[edit]
- ^"About Me",MarkMichalowski.co.uk,archived fromthe originalon 14 May 2008,retrieved30 August2008
External links[edit]
- Author's blog
- Author's homepage
- Shout webpage
- Big Finish website
- Obverse Books website
- Mark Michalowskiat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Writers of Doctor Who novels
- 21st-century British short story writers
- 21st-century English male writers
- 21st-century English novelists
- English short story writers
- English science fiction writers
- English male short story writers
- English male novelists
- English gay writers
- English LGBT novelists
- People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire