Barry Hutchison is a children's author, screenwriter, and director from

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. He wrote children's novels for Egmont Press under their 2Heads imprint, including books for the ''Beastly'', ''

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'', and '' Ben 10: Alien Force'' series, and signed a six-book contract with

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in 2008. In 2013, Hutchison wrote 36 episodes of ''Bottom Knocker Street'', a

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comedy starring comedian

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. Since 2019 Hutchison has been releasing Scottish crime novels under the pen name JD Kirk. He lives in Fort William in the

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with his wife, Fiona, and their two children.

Books for children

Invisible Fiends

*''Mr Mumbles'' (2010) *''Raggy Maggie'' (2010) *''The Crowmaster'' (2011) *''Doc Mortis'' (2011) *''The Beast'' (2012) *''The Darkest Corners'' (2012)

Afterworlds

*''The 13th Horseman'' (2012) *''The Book of Doom'' (2013)

Benjamin Blank

*''The Shark-Headed Bear Thing'' (2015) *''The Swivel-Eyed Ogre-Thing'' (2015) *''The Moon-Faced Ghoul-Thing'' (2015)

Beaky Malone

*''Beaky Malone: The World's Greatest Liar'' (2016)

Other works

''Rise of the Rabbits'' (2015)

Books for adults (as Barry J Hutchison)

''The Bug'' (2016)

Space Team

*''Space Team'' (2016) *''Space Team: The Wrath of Vajazzle'' (2016) *''Space Team: The Search for Splurt'' (2017) *''Space Team: Song of the Space Siren'' (2017) *''Space Team: The Guns of Nana Joan'' (2017) *''Space Team: Return of the Dead Guy'' (2017) *''Space Team: Planet of the Japes'' (2017) *''Space Team: A Lot of Weird Space Shizz'' (2017) *''Space Team: The Holiday Special'' (2018) *''Space Team: The Time Titan of Tomorrow '' (2018) *''Space Team: The King of Space Must Die'' (2018) *''Space Team: Sting of the Mustard Mines'' (2018) *''Space Team: Sentienced to Death'' (2018) *''Space Team: The Hunt for Reduk Topa'' (2019)

Dan Deadman

*''Dial D for Deadman'' (2017) *''Dead Inside'' (2017) *''Dead in the Water'' (2018)

Sidekicks

*''The Sidekicks Initiative: A Comedy Superhero Adventure'' (2018)

Scottish crime novels (as JD Kirk)

DCI Logan crime thrillers

*''A Litter of Bones'' (2019) *''Thicker Than Water'' (2019) *''The Killing Code'' (2019) *''Blood and Treachery'' (2019) *''The Last Bloody Straw'' (2020) *''A Whisper of Sorrows'' (2020) *''The Big Man Upstairs'' (2020) *''A Death Most Monumental'' (2020) *''A Snowball's Chance in Hell'' (2020) *''Ahead of the Game'' (2021) *''An Isolated Incident'' (2021) *''Colder than the Grave'' (2021) *''Come Hell or High Water'' (2021) *''City of Scars'' (2022) *''Here Lie the Dead'' (2022)

Robert Hoon crime thrillers

*''Northwind'' (2020) *''Southpaw'' (2021) *''Westward'' (2021) *''Eastgate'' (2022)

Television

* ''Bottom Knocker Street'' (2013) *''SuperMansion'' (2018) *''Kip Van Creepy: Delivery Boy'' (2018)

References

External links

Children's books site

Adult books site

JD Kirk site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchison, Barry Scottish screenwriters Living people Scottish horror writers Scottish science fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Lochaber High School Scottish male novelists Tartan Noir writers Scottish crime fiction writers