Mark Michalowski (born 1963 in

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) 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

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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

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and the Dead Men's Diaries'' (Big Finish, September 2000), which was the result of a chance meeting with producer

Gary Russell Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a British freelance writer, producer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs in other media. As an a ...

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, ''

Relative Dementias ''Relative Dementias'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Michalowski and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. Ace's name Ace's full name is given ...

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

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. This was widely well-received, and led to a further novel being published by the BBC, this time an Eighth Doctor Adventure called ''

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'' (BBC Books, 2004). His next published novel was the Big Finish

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 ''Wetworld'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Michalowski and based on the long-running science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It features the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. Synopsis When the TARDIS makes a disastrous la ...

'' featuring the 10th Doctor and

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, and a second NSA released in September 2008, '' Shining Darkness'' featuring the 10th Doctor and

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. Since then he has contributed a story to the audio play ''

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'' (Big Finish, 2009) to help celebrate the 45th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'', as well as written the Iris Wildthyme audio ''

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'' (Big Finish, 2009). He has also contributed graphic design work to

Obverse Books Obverse Books is a British publisher initially known for publishing books relating to the character Iris Wildthyme, and currently for the ''The Black Archive, Black Archive'' series of critical books on ''Doctor Who,'' and two sister series - t ...

, designing the cover for their short story collection,

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, for which company he also contributed a story in

The Panda Book of Horror Obverse Books is a British publisher initially known for publishing books relating to the character Iris Wildthyme, and currently for the '' Black Archive'' series of critical books on '' Doctor Who,'' and two sister series - the Gold Archive, ...

. A '' Being Human'' novel, ''

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'', was released in 2010, as was a short story for the Bernice Summerfield collection

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. His latest work is

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, 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 LGBT novelists