Mark Michalowski (born 1963 in Chesterfield) is the editor of ''Shout!'', "

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's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender paper", as well as being an author best known for his work writing spin-offs based on the

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series ''

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''. He lives and works in

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Work

Michalowski's first published work was a

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in the

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' collection ''Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men's Diaries'' (Big Finish, September 2000), which was the result of a chance meeting with producer Gary Russell whilst both were visiting BBC Manchester. He continued writing short stories for Big Finish's '' Short Trips'' range, and also for a variety of charity fanzines, before his first novel, ''

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'' (BBC Books, 2003) was published as part of the

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Past Doctor Adventures. This was widely well-received, and led to a further novel being published by the BBC, this time an Eighth Doctor Adventure called '' Halflife'' (BBC Books, 2004). His next published novel was the Big Finish Bernice Summerfield novel ''The Tree of Life'' (Big Finish, 2005), followed by the story "Let There Be Stars" in the Bernice Summerfield anthology '' Collected Works'' (Big Finish, 2005) and other stories for collections by the same company. A further Doctor Who novel was published in September 2007, '' Wetworld'' featuring the 10th Doctor and

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, and a second NSA released in September 2008, '' Shining Darkness'' featuring the 10th Doctor and Donna. Since then he has contributed a story to the audio play '' Forty Five'' (Big Finish, 2009) to help celebrate the 45th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'', as well as written the Iris Wildthyme audio '' The Sound of Fear'' (Big Finish, 2009). He has also contributed graphic design work to Obverse Books, designing the cover for their short story collection, Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus, for which company he also contributed a story in The Panda Book of Horror. A '' Being Human'' novel, '' Chasers'', was released in 2010, as was a short story for the Bernice Summerfield collection

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. His latest work is The Ghosts of Mercury, book #3 in the first series of '' Space: 1889 & Beyond'', due for release late 2011.

References

External links

Author's blog

Author's homepage

Shout webpage

Big Finish website

Obverse Books website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Michalowski, Mark 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 LGBTQ novelists People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire