Paul Magrs was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear in 1969. He was educated in Newton Aycliffe at Woodham Burn Infants and Junior Schools, then Woodham Comprehensive, in Newton Aycliffe, before attending Lancaster University. 'Strange Boy' is his twelfth published book, although it's the first time he's written for a younger audience. He's always wanted to write the kinds of book he could never find when he was a teenager. Nowadays he is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.
Awards: CWA (2022)
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror
Series
Phoenix Court
1. Marked for Life (1995)
2. Does It Show? (1996)
3. Could It Be Magic? (1998)
4. Fancy Man (2018)
1. Marked for Life (1995)
2. Does It Show? (1996)
3. Could It Be Magic? (1998)
4. Fancy Man (2018)
Brenda and Effie Mysteries
1. Never the Bride (2006)
2. Something Borrowed (2007)
3. Conjugal Rites (2008)
4. Hell's Belles (2009)
5. The Bride That Time Forgot (2010)
6. Brenda and Effie Forever! (2012)
A Treasury of Brenda and Effie (2017)
7. Fellowship of Ink (2017)
8. A Game of Crones (2020)
Beyond the Veil (2023)
1. Never the Bride (2006)
2. Something Borrowed (2007)
3. Conjugal Rites (2008)
4. Hell's Belles (2009)
5. The Bride That Time Forgot (2010)
6. Brenda and Effie Forever! (2012)
A Treasury of Brenda and Effie (2017)
7. Fellowship of Ink (2017)
8. A Game of Crones (2020)
Beyond the Veil (2023)
Novels
Modern Love (2000)
All the Rage (2001)
Strange Boy (2002)
Hands Up! (2003)
Aisles (2003)
To the Devil - a Diva! (2004)
Exchange (2006)
Twin Freaks (2007)
The Diary of a Dr Who Addict (2010)
666 Charing Cross Road (2011)
The Ninnies (2012)
The Story of Fester Cat (2014)
Mrs Danby and Company (2015)
Hunky Dory (2020)
The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy (2021)
The Tale of Toxic Positivity (2022) (with Beatrix Pottymouth)
All the Rage (2001)
Strange Boy (2002)
Hands Up! (2003)
Aisles (2003)
To the Devil - a Diva! (2004)
Exchange (2006)
Twin Freaks (2007)
The Diary of a Dr Who Addict (2010)
666 Charing Cross Road (2011)
The Ninnies (2012)
The Story of Fester Cat (2014)
Mrs Danby and Company (2015)
Hunky Dory (2020)
The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy (2021)
The Tale of Toxic Positivity (2022) (with Beatrix Pottymouth)
Collections
Playing Out (1997)
Bound (2004) (with others)
Twelve Stories (2009)
Zenith Lives! (2012) (with others)
Just Another Winter's Tale (2017) (with others)
A Few More Winter Tales (2018) (with others)
Christmassy Tales (2020)
Silver Jubilee (2020)
Bound (2004) (with others)
Twelve Stories (2009)
Zenith Lives! (2012) (with others)
Just Another Winter's Tale (2017) (with others)
A Few More Winter Tales (2018) (with others)
Christmassy Tales (2020)
Silver Jubilee (2020)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Menswear: Fables Anthology for 2022 (2022) (with Rylan John Cavell, Jeremy Hoad and David Adams Richards)
Series contributed to
Doctor Who
The Scarlet Empress (1998)
The Blue Angel (1999) (with Jeremy Hoad)
The Stones of Venice (2001)
Excelis Dawns (2002)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (2002)
The Wormery (2003)
Wishing Beast (2007)
Doctor Who Storybook 2008 (2007) (with others)
The Annual Years (2014)
Doctor Who: Tales of Terror (2017) (with others)
Doctor Who: The Missy Chronicles (2018) (with others)
Doctor Who: Star Tales (2019) (with others)
Doctor Who: The Return of Robin Hood (2022)
Doctor Who: Josephine and the Argonauts (2023)
In Wonderland (2024)
The Scarlet Empress (1998)
The Blue Angel (1999) (with Jeremy Hoad)
The Stones of Venice (2001)
Excelis Dawns (2002)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (2002)
The Wormery (2003)
Wishing Beast (2007)
Doctor Who Storybook 2008 (2007) (with others)
The Annual Years (2014)
Doctor Who: Tales of Terror (2017) (with others)
Doctor Who: The Missy Chronicles (2018) (with others)
Doctor Who: Star Tales (2019) (with others)
Doctor Who: The Return of Robin Hood (2022)
Doctor Who: Josephine and the Argonauts (2023)
In Wonderland (2024)
Doctor Who : Iris Wildthyme
Wildthyme at Large (2005)
Wildthyme on Top (2005)
Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (2009) (with Stuart Douglas)
The Land of Wonder (2009)
Iris: Abroad (2010)
Enter Wildthyme (2011)
Wildthyme Beyond (2012)
From Wildthyme With Love (2013)
A Clockwork Iris (2016) (with Stuart Douglas and George Mann)
Wildthyme at Large (2005)
Wildthyme on Top (2005)
Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (2009) (with Stuart Douglas)
The Land of Wonder (2009)
Iris: Abroad (2010)
Enter Wildthyme (2011)
Wildthyme Beyond (2012)
From Wildthyme With Love (2013)
A Clockwork Iris (2016) (with Stuart Douglas and George Mann)
Plays show
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Paul Magrs
Criminal Pursuits (2021)
Fourteen powerful tales of crime, murder, revenge and love
edited by
Samantha Lee Howe
Wilde Stories 2016 (2016)
The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction
(Wilde Stories)
edited by
Steve Berman
More books
Awards
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Paul Magrs recommends
The Leaping (2010)
Tom Fletcher
"A book that's stiff with foreboding and dread right from the start. . . . It's a literary, literate horror novel--and has a mordant, knowing, blackly ironic style to it. But it's relentless, too, in its avowed intention of scaring the life out of its readers, with everything it can throw at us."
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