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.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror
Series
Phoenix Court
1. Marked for Life (1995)
2. Does It Show? (1997)
3. Could It Be Magic? (1998)
4. Fancy Man (2018)
1. Marked for Life (1995)
2. Does It Show? (1997)
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)
7. Fellowship of Ink (2017)
8. A Game of Crones (2020)
A Treasury of Brenda and Effie (2017)
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)
7. Fellowship of Ink (2017)
8. A Game of Crones (2020)
A Treasury of Brenda and Effie (2017)
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)
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)
Collections
Playing Out (1997)
Bound (2004) (with Fadia Faqir, Charles Fernyhough, Sara Maitland and Wendy Robertson)
Twelve Stories (2009)
Zenith Lives! (2012) (with Stuart Douglas, Mark Hodder and Michael Moorcock)
Just Another Winter's Tale (2017) (with Matthew Bright, Nathan Burgoine, Nicholas M Campbell, Michael Thomas Ford, Roy Gill and Gene Hult)
A Few More Winter Tales (2018) (with Nathan Burgoine, Nick Campbell, Sarah Caulfield, John Linwood Grant, Sacchi Green, Stephen M Hornby, Gene Hult, Catherine Lundoff and Anthony Townsend)
Christmassy Tales (2020)
Silver Jubilee (2020)
Bound (2004) (with Fadia Faqir, Charles Fernyhough, Sara Maitland and Wendy Robertson)
Twelve Stories (2009)
Zenith Lives! (2012) (with Stuart Douglas, Mark Hodder and Michael Moorcock)
Just Another Winter's Tale (2017) (with Matthew Bright, Nathan Burgoine, Nicholas M Campbell, Michael Thomas Ford, Roy Gill and Gene Hult)
A Few More Winter Tales (2018) (with Nathan Burgoine, Nick Campbell, Sarah Caulfield, John Linwood Grant, Sacchi Green, Stephen M Hornby, Gene Hult, Catherine Lundoff and Anthony Townsend)
Christmassy Tales (2020)
Silver Jubilee (2020)
Plays
Novellas
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 Tom MacRae, Justin Richards, Gareth Roberts and Robert Shearman)
The Annual Years (2014)
Doctor Who: Tales of Terror (2017) (with Craig Donaghy, Richard Dungworth, Scott Handcock and Mike Tucker)
Doctor Who: The Missy Chronicles (2018) (with Peter Anghelides, Richard Dinnick, James Gross, Jacqueline Rayner and Cavan Scott)
Doctor Who: Star Tales (2019) (with Trevor Baxendale, Steve Cole, Jenny T Colgan, Jo Cotterill and Mike Tucker)
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 Tom MacRae, Justin Richards, Gareth Roberts and Robert Shearman)
The Annual Years (2014)
Doctor Who: Tales of Terror (2017) (with Craig Donaghy, Richard Dungworth, Scott Handcock and Mike Tucker)
Doctor Who: The Missy Chronicles (2018) (with Peter Anghelides, Richard Dinnick, James Gross, Jacqueline Rayner and Cavan Scott)
Doctor Who: Star Tales (2019) (with Trevor Baxendale, Steve Cole, Jenny T Colgan, Jo Cotterill and Mike Tucker)
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)
Doctor Who : Tenth Doctor
Sick Building (2007)
Doctor Who Storybook 2009 (2008) (with Mark Gatiss, James Moran, Nicholas Pegg, Gareth Roberts, Gary Russell and Keith Temple)
Sick Building (2007)
Doctor Who Storybook 2009 (2008) (with Mark Gatiss, James Moran, Nicholas Pegg, Gareth Roberts, Gary Russell and Keith Temple)
Non fiction
The Christmas Box (2017)
The Novel Inside You (2019)
The Creative Writing Coursebook (2019) (with Julia Bell)
The Novel Inside You (2019)
The Creative Writing Coursebook (2019) (with Julia Bell)
Anthologies containing stories by Paul Magrs
Short stories
Nude on the Moon (1998) | |||
Femme Fatale (1999) |
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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