Editing Paul Magrs (section)

==Early life==
Magrs was born in Jarrow, Tyne & Wear, on 12 November 1969.<ref name="ssbio" /><ref name="revealed" /> In 1975 he moved with his family to [[Newton Aycliffe]], [[County Durham]]; his parents divorced shortly after the move.<ref name="magrsattacks">{{cite news |title=Paul Magrs: Magrs attacks! |first=Matthew |last=Sweet |author-link=Matthew Sweet (writer) |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=12 September 2004 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/paul-magrs-magrs-attacks-755154.html |access-date=25 June 2010}}</ref> At the age of 17, Magrs was [[Gay bashing|queer-bashed]], and his father was the police officer who took the report on the incident; it was the last time Paul Magrs saw his father.<ref name="herald">{{cite news |title=So why are people losing the plot? |first=Anne |last=Johnstone |newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=22 July 2002 |page=12 |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/so-why-are-people-losing-the-plot-anne-johnstone-talks-to-paul-magrs-about-the-row-surrounding-his-first-children-s-book-whose-contents-have-been-decried-by-some-as-unsuitable-1.143979 |access-date=16 July 2014}}</ref>

In Newton Aycliffe, Magrs attended [[Woodham Community Technology College|Woodham Comprehensive School]], where [[Mark Gatiss]] was two years ahead of him and in the same drama group.<ref>{{cite news|title=Golly goth |first=Steve |last=Pratt |newspaper=[[The Northern Echo]] |date=8 May 2007 |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/1383869.Golly_goth/ |access-date=25 June 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Magrs went on to [[Lancaster University]], where he received a [[British undergraduate degree classification#First-class honours|first class]] [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in English (1991), an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in Creative Writing (1991) and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in English (1995).<ref name="archivechrono" >{{cite web |url=http://phoenixcourt.members.beeb.net/SF8.htm |title=A Chronology of Paul Magrs |last=Shillito |first=Ben |year=2001 |work=Phoenix Court website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417070412/http://phoenixcourt.members.beeb.net/SF8.htm |archive-date=17 April 2004 |access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref> His doctoral thesis was on [[Angela Carter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/paul-magrs-magrs-attacks-755154.html|title = Paul Magrs: Magrs attacks!|website = [[Independent.co.uk]]|date = 3 April 2009}}</ref>