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Robert Shearman
(b.1970)Shearman was educated at Reigate Grammar School (where he was a contemporary of David Walliams) and University of Exeter. During this time, he was regularly seen on stage at the University in various productions, and made his broadcasting debut as the reporter Fergus McIntyre, reporting on University Radio Exeter (almost live) from Zagreb at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest.
An established theatrical playwright, Shearman has worked with Alan Ayckbourn, had a play produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and has received several international awards for his work in theatre. His plays include Fool to Yourself, which premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1997.
His association with Doctor Who began with a play written for BBV Audios, Punchline, in which Sylvester McCoy played the Dominie, a disguised version of the Seventh Doctor. This was penned under the pseudonym "Jeremy Leadbetter" (the name of a character from the popular BBC sitcom The Good Life). Several audio plays for Big Finish followed. He has also had Doctor Who short stories published.
An established theatrical playwright, Shearman has worked with Alan Ayckbourn, had a play produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and has received several international awards for his work in theatre. His plays include Fool to Yourself, which premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1997.
His association with Doctor Who began with a play written for BBV Audios, Punchline, in which Sylvester McCoy played the Dominie, a disguised version of the Seventh Doctor. This was penned under the pseudonym "Jeremy Leadbetter" (the name of a character from the popular BBC sitcom The Good Life). Several audio plays for Big Finish followed. He has also had Doctor Who short stories published.
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Novels
Collections
Tiny Deaths (2007)
Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical (2009)
Everybody's Just So So Special (2011)
Remember Why You Fear Me (2017)
We All Hear Stories in the Dark (2020) (with others)
Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical (2009)
Everybody's Just So So Special (2011)
Remember Why You Fear Me (2017)
We All Hear Stories in the Dark (2020) (with others)
Series contributed to
Doctor Who
The Holy Terror (2000)
The Maltese Penguin (2002)
Deadline (2003)
Jubilee (2003)
Scherzo (2003)
Doctor Who Storybook 2008 (2007) (with others)
Running Through Corridors (2010) (with Toby Hadoke)
Running Through Corridors 2 (2016) (with Toby Hadoke)
The Holy Terror (2000)
The Maltese Penguin (2002)
Deadline (2003)
Jubilee (2003)
Scherzo (2003)
Doctor Who Storybook 2008 (2007) (with others)
Running Through Corridors (2010) (with Toby Hadoke)
Running Through Corridors 2 (2016) (with Toby Hadoke)
Mammoth Books presents
Demonic Dreams (2012) (with Christopher Fowler and Norman Partridge)
Featherweight (2012)
Demonic Dreams (2012) (with Christopher Fowler and Norman Partridge)
Featherweight (2012)
Plays show
Non fiction show
Robert Shearman recommends
Something More Than Night (2021)
Kim Newman
"Kim Newman is a national treasure. No one is better able at mixing horror and comedy, real history and dread fantasy. Something More Than Night is part film noir parody, part a delightful celebration of the heyday of Hollywood, and all imaginative epic – it's as strong, heady and dangerous as the bathroom gin of the Prohibition speakeasys he recreates so well."
The Language of Beasts (2020)
Jonathan Oliver
"An outstanding collection, by degrees wild and uncanny, tender and true."
Little Digs (2020)
Lisa L Hannett
"Lisa L. Hannett’s collections plays like a country music album composed in the darker places of imagination, the little corners that you don’t want to look in as you tap-tap your foot to the catchy beat. Coolly beautiful, then coldly brutal, this is one of the most unnerving debuts in years."
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Books containing stories by Robert Shearman
The Other Side of Never (2023)
Dark Tales from the World of Peter & Wendy
edited by
Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan
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