Editing Paul Magrs

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| notableworks  = ''Marked for Life''<br/> ''Modern Love''<br/> ''Strange Boy''<br/> ''Exchange''<br/>''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[Iris Wildthyme]]<br/>''The Brenda and Effie Mysteries''
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'''Paul Magrs''' (pronounced "Mars"; born 12 November 1969) is an English writer and lecturer.<ref name="ssbio">{{cite web|url=http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Paul-Magrs/21864260/biography |title=Paul Magrs Biography |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster|Simon & Schuster UK]] |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812014213/http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Paul-Magrs/21864260/biography |archive-date=12 August 2011 }}</ref><ref name="revealed">{{cite web|url=http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Paul-Magrs/21864260/author_revealed |title=Paul Magrs Revealed |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster|Simon & Schuster UK]] |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812014159/http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Paul-Magrs/21864260/author_revealed |archive-date=12 August 2011 }}</ref> He was born in [[Jarrow]], [[England]], and now lives in [[Manchester]] with his partner, author and lecturer Jeremy Hoad.<ref name="autobio">{{cite web|url=http://www.paulmagrs.com/about.php |title=About Paul |last=Magrs |first=Paul |work=paulmagrs.com |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715053900/http://www.paulmagrs.com/about.php |archive-date=15 July 2011 }}</ref>

==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>

==Literary career==
Magrs is the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works. His first published writing was the short story "Patient Iris", published 1995 in ''New Writing Four'' (edited by [[A. S. Byatt]] and [[Alan Hollinghurst]]).<ref name="archivechrono" /> This was soon followed by his debut novel, ''Marked for Life'', the same year.<ref name="archivechrono" /> Magrs' first three novels, ''Marked for Life'', ''Does It Show?'' (1997) and ''Could It Be Magic?'' (1998), share characters, a [[magic realism|magical realist]] tone and a setting: the fictional Phoenix Court [[council estate]] in Newton Aycliffe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.librarything.com/nseries/41678/Phoenix-Court |title=Phoenix Court |publisher=[[LibraryThing]] |access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Book review: Could it be magic? by Paul Magrs  |first=Michael |last=Arditti |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=13 January 1998 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/book-review-could-it-be-magic-by-paul-magrs-chatto--windus-pounds-999-1138355.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/book-review-could-it-be-magic-by-paul-magrs-chatto--windus-pounds-999-1138355.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=25 June 2010 }}</ref><ref name="singular">{{cite news |title=Strange boy, singular writer |first=Nick |last=Morrison |newspaper=[[The Northern Echo]] |date=3 July 2002 |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2002/07/03/The+North+East+Archive/7068445.Strange_boy__singular_writer/ |access-date=25 July 2010 }}</ref>

Magrs' first children's book, ''Strange Boy'' (2002), prompted controversy due to homosexual content involving its 10-year-old protagonist and a 14-year-old neighbour.<ref name="magrsattacks" /><ref name="herald" /><ref name="scotlandfury">{{cite news |title=Fury as schools to stock child gay sex book |first=Kizzy |last=Taylor |newspaper=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |date=23 June 2002 |url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland/Fury-as-schools-to-stock.2337587.jp |access-date=25 June 2010 |archive-date=8 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608205159/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland/Fury-as-schools-to-stock.2337587.jp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="heraldrow">{{cite news |title=Row over book on 10-year-old gay boy for school libraries |first=Lorna |last=Martin |newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=24 June 2002 |url=https://secure.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/128127991.html?FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+24%2C+2002&author=Lorna+Martin&pub=The+Herald&desc=Row+over+book+on+10-year-old+gay+boy+for+school+libraries |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121217164900/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/128127991.html?FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+24,+2002&author=Lorna+Martin&pub=The+Herald&desc=Row+over+book+on+10-year-old+gay+boy+for+school+libraries |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2012 |page=6 |format=fee required |access-date=25 June 2010 }}</ref> Representatives of the [[NASUWT]] teachers' union and the conservative [[Christian Institute]] argued that the book should not be stocked in school libraries, and some newspapers suggested that doing so in England would be illegal due to the [[Section 28]] ban on "promoting homosexuality" in schools.<ref name="scotlandfury" /><ref name="mercury">{{cite news |title=Gay boy sex book is set for schools; No Midlands ban on explicit novel |first=Caroline |last=Wheeler |newspaper=[[Sunday Mercury]] |date=30 June 2002 |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-88092474 |access-date=25 June 2010 |format=fee required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Libraries: The War on Terror's New Front? |first=Steven M. |last=Cohen |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=25 June 2002 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/libraries-the-war-on-terrors-new-front |access-date=25 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025082944/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,56210,00.html |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bestbooks">{{cite news |title=Sexually explicit book to be stocked in Scottish schools |newspaper=M2 Best Books |date=3 July 2010 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-88243907.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104073011/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-88243907.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2012 |access-date=25 June 2010 }}</ref> However, the [[Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals]] supported libraries' purchase of ''Strange Boy'', as did representatives of [[Stonewall (UK)|Stonewall]] and other gay rights organizations.<ref name="scotlandfury" /><ref name="heraldrow" /><ref name="bestbooks" /> Magrs noted that the book was "about 95% autobiographical" and described the controversy as "ludicrous".<ref>{{cite news |title=Stranger than fiction |first=Paul |last=Magrs |newspaper=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |date=11 August 2002 |url=http://living.scotsman.com/features/Stranger-than-fiction.2351239.jp |access-date=25 June 2010}}</ref>

===Doctor Who===
Magrs has written several novels, short stories and audio dramas relating to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', many of which also feature his character [[Iris Wildthyme]].<ref name="who">{{cite web |url=http://www.paulmagrs.com/who.php |title=Doctor Who |last=Magrs |first=Paul |work=paulmagrs.com |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413034624/http://www.paulmagrs.com/who.php |archive-date=13 April 2010 }}</ref><ref name="iris">{{cite web |url=http://www.paulmagrs.com/iris.php |title=Iris Wildthyme |last=Magrs |first=Paul |work=paulmagrs.com |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113200730/http://www.paulmagrs.com/iris.php |archive-date=13 January 2010 }}</ref>

Iris was initially portrayed as an eccentric and unreliable [[Time Lord|Time Lady]], whose [[TARDIS]] takes the form of a London [[AEC Routemaster]] [[double-decker bus]] (the [[London Buses route 22|route 22]] to [[Putney Common]]), though in a series of short story collections and novels not written for the BBC, the character has been repurposed to remove any copyrighted aspects.<ref name="iris" /> Iris Wildthyme was originally created for Magrs' unpublished first novel, which was named after her; another version of Iris also appears in ''Marked for Life''.<ref name="archivechrono" /><ref name="wildthymebio">{{cite web |url=http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/who.html |title=Iris in the Whoniverse |last=Douglas |first=Stuart |year=2007 |work=The Iris Wildthyme Pages |access-date=24 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518220510/http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/who.html |archive-date=18 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The character features in all of Magrs' three contributions to [[BBC Books]]' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]], in several [[Big Finish Productions]] audio dramas by Magrs and other writers, in a novel series from [[Snowbooks]]<ref>{{cite web |title=About Enter Wildthyme |url=http://www.snowbooks.com/store/products/2014-04-07%2013:18:41%20+0000-EnterWildthyme |publisher=snowbooks |access-date=16 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724135419/http://www.snowbooks.com/store/products/2014-04-07%2013%3A18%3A41%20+0000-EnterWildthyme |archive-date=24 July 2014 }}</ref> and in short story and novella collections published by Big Finish and [[Obverse Books]].<ref name="iris" />

Magrs has also written licensed ''Doctor Who'' fiction without Wildthyme, including the 2007 novel, ''[[Sick Building]]'', (which made the shortlist for the Doncaster Book Award),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doncasterbookaward.net/showreview.php?i=111 |title=Sick Building |work=Doncaster Book Award |access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref> a variety of audio plays for Big Finish and the BBC audio series, ''[[Hornets' Nest (Doctor Who)|Hornets' Nest]]'', which marked the first time [[Tom Baker]] had returned to play [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in a full-length drama since he left the role in 1981.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Tom Baker returns as the Fourth Doctor in new audio dramas! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2009/07_july/hornets_nest.shtml |publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]] |date=29 July 2009 |access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref> After the success of Hornets' Nest, Magrs wrote two sequel series ''[[Demon Quest]]'' (2010) and ''[[Serpent Crest]]'' (2011).

===The Brenda and Effie Mysteries===
Magrs' current ongoing novel series is ''The Brenda and Effie Mysteries'', starring Brenda, the [[Bride of Frankenstein]], who has now retired and runs a [[Bed and breakfast|B&B]] in [[Whitby]].<ref name="brenda">{{cite web |url=http://www.paulmagrs.com/brenda.php |title=Brenda and Effie |last=Magrs |first=Paul |work=paulmagrs.com |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113200640/http://www.paulmagrs.com/brenda.php |archive-date=13 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Something Borrowed, By Paul Magrs |first=Paul |last=Burston |author-link=Paul Burston |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=21 October 2007 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/something-borrowed-by-paul-magrs-397309.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/something-borrowed-by-paul-magrs-397309.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=25 June 2010}}</ref> She and her friend Effie, a local white witch, investigate spooky goings-on in the town.<ref name="brenda" />  {{As of|2020|11}}, there have been nine books in the series, the latest being ''A Game of Crones'' from Snowbooks. The fourth book, ''Hell's Belles'', features characters from Magrs' early Phoenix Court books, while the fifth features characters from Magrs' ''Doctor Who'' audio, ''The Boy That Time Forgot''. A short story collection, ''A Treasury of Brenda and Effie'' (Obverse Books) and a seventh novel, ''Fellowship of Ink'' (snowbooks) were both released in 2017. An eighth novel, ''Beyond the Veil'', was released in 2023 by Obverse Books.

The characters have also appeared in two audio adaptations: a 3-part series for BBC Radio 4, starring [[Joanna Tope]] and Monica Gibb,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dq0jc|title = BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Magrs - Never the Bride}}</ref> and then a series of award-winning<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2015/pieces.php?pid=1&iid=491164 | title=New York Festivals - 2015 World's Best Radio Programs™ Winners | access-date=28 June 2017 | archive-date=5 May 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505023238/http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2015/pieces.php?pid=1&iid=491164 | url-status=dead }}</ref> audios from Bafflegab. These starred [[Anne Reid]] and included:

* 1. The Woman in a Black Beehive
* 2. Bat Out of Hull
* 3. Spicy Tea and Sympathy
* 4. Brenda Has Risen from the Grave

In 2020, it was announced Free@Last TV, who produced the [[Sky1]]/[[Acorn TV]] series ''[[Agatha Raisin (TV series)|Agatha Raisin]]'', were developing a television series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/agatha-raisin-firm-reveals-development-slate/|title = Agatha Raisin firm reveals development slate}}</ref>

===Other novels===
Magrs' other novels include ''Aisles'' (2003) and ''To the Devil&nbsp;– a Diva!'' (2004); he has also published several short stories. His novel ''Exchange'' was shortlisted for the 2006 [[Booktrust Teenage Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/Prizes-and-awards/Booktrust-Teenage-Prize/Teenage-Prize-archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731174130/http://www.booktrust.org.uk/Prizes-and-awards/Booktrust-Teenage-Prize/Teenage-Prize-archive |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 July 2010 |title=Teenage Prize archive |year=2008 |publisher=[[Booktrust]] |access-date=24 June 2010 }}</ref> and was longlisted for the 2007 [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_07.html |title=The CILIP Carnegie Medal Nominations for 2007 |work=The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards |publisher=[[Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals]] |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207152353/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_07.html |archive-date=7 February 2012 }}</ref>

His young adult novel, ''The Ninnies'' was listed by the Irish Times as one of the children's books of the year in 2012.<ref name="ITIMES">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/30-treats-to-put-around-the-tree-1.3312?page=2|title=30 treats to put around the tree|last=Chris Judge|date=15 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=12 May 2013}}</ref>

Later novels include two books about his cats, Fester and Bernard, ''The Story of Fester Cat'' and ''Welcome Home, Bernard Socks'', a stand-alone novel, ''666 Charing Cross Road'' ({{ISBN|978-0755359486}}), and a trilogy of novels about a frontier family on the planet Mars.

==Art==
Harper Collins have published three books featuring his artwork.

* ''The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy''
* ''The Tale of Toxic Positivity''
* ''Puss in Books''

==Academic work==
Magrs is a full-time writer, having formerly been a senior lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at [[Manchester Metropolitan University]] and having previously taught at the [[University of East Anglia]].<ref name="autobio"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/english/staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050223025847/http://www.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/english/staff/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2005 |title=Staff – Department of English |year=2010 |publisher=[[Manchester Metropolitan University]] |access-date=24 June 2010 }}</ref> With Julia Bell, Magrs edited several issues of the University of East Anglia's literary journal ''Pretext'' and ''The Creative Writing Coursebook'' (2001).<ref name="archivechrono" /><ref>{{cite journal |editor1-first=Julia |editor1-last=Bell |editor2-first=Paul |editor2-last=Magrs |year=1999  |journal=Pretext: The New Journal of Fiction, Poetry and Essays |volume=1: Salvage |publisher=EAS Publishing |isbn=978-1-902913-01-8|title=Salvage }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |editor-first=Paul |editor-last=Magrs |year=2000  |journal=Pretext |volume=2: Fiction, Poetry, Criticism |publisher=Pen & Inc Press |location=Norwich |isbn=978-1-902913-05-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Creative Writing Coursebook |editor1-last=Bell |editor1-first=Julia |editor2-last=Magrs |editor2-first=Paul| year=2001 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan UK]] |isbn=978-0-333-78225-5}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
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===Novels===
*''Modern Love'' (2000)
*''All the Rage'' (2001)
*''Strange Boy'' (2002)
*''Hands Up!'' (2003, American title: ''The Good, the Bat and the Ugly'')
*''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 the Cat'' (2014)
*''Welcome Home, Bernard Socks'' (2016)
*''Hunky Dory'' (2020)

====Phoenix Court====
*''Marked for Life'' (1995)
*''Does it Show?'' (1997)
*''Could It be Magic?'' (1998)
*''Fancy Man'' (2018)

====The Brenda and Effie Mysteries====
*''Never the Bride'' (2006)
*''Something Borrowed'' (2007)
*''Conjugal Rites'' (2008)
*''Hell's Belles'' (2009)
*''The Bride That Time Forgot'' (2010)
*''Brenda And Effie Forever'' (2012)
*''A Treasury of Brenda and Effie'' (2017)
*''Fellowship of Ink'' (2017)
*''A Game of Crones'' (2020)
*''Beyond the Veil'' (2023)

====Iris Wildthyme====
*''Enter Wildthyme'' (2011)
*''Wildthyme Beyond'' (2012)
*''From Wildthyme with Love'' (2013)
'''''The New Adventures of Iris Wildthyme'''''
*''Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror'' (2019)
*''Mother, Maiden, Crone'' (2020)

====The Lora Trilogy====
*''Lost on Mars'' (2015)
*''The Martian Girl'' (2016)
*''The Heart of Mars'' (2018)

===Short story collections===
*''Playing Out'' (1997)
*''Twelve Stories'' (2009, [[Salt Publishing]])
*''Christmassy Tales'' (2020)

===Other works===
*"The Dreadful Flap" (2009, in [[Obverse Books]]' short story collection ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]'')
*"The Delightful Bag" (2009, in Obverse Books' short story collection ''[[The Panda Book of Horror]]'')
*"Facebook for the Dead" (2010, in Obverse Books' short story collection ''[[The Obverse Book of Ghosts]]'')
*"Mrs. Hudson at the Christmas Hotel" (2013, in Titan Books' ''[[Encounters of Sherlock Holmes]]'')
*"The Ninnies on Putney Common" (2013, in Obverse Books' short story collection ''Iris: Fifteen'', ed. Stuart Douglas, {{ISBN|978-1909031159}})
*"Novel Inside You: Writing, Reading and Creativity" (2019)
*"The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty-Four Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry" (2019, with Julia Bell)

===Audio stories===
*"Never the Bride" (1998, [[BBC Radio 4]]; expanded version 2008, [[BBC7]])
**''The Night Owls''
**''The Vintage Costumed Hero Ball''
**''Our Frank''
*"Life After Mars" (2002, BBC Radio 4) part of the Fictional Familiars series.
*"Sunseeker" (2005, BBC Radio 4)
*''[[Wildthyme at Large]]'' (2005, Iris Wildthyme)
*"The Foster Parents" (2007, in Comma Press' short story collection ''Phobic'')
*"The Longsight Branch" (2 July 2008 [[BBC Radio 4]] Afternoon Reading)
*''[[Land of Wonder]]'' (2009, Iris Wildthyme)
* ''Spanish Ladies'' (2013, Bafflegab Productions)
* ''Imaginary Boys'' (2013, [[BBC Radio 4]])<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03brwr1 |title = BBC Radio 4 Extra - Drama, Imaginary Boys}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/40/r4-afternoon-drama-imaginary.html |title = BBC - Afternoon Drama: Imaginary Boys - Media Centre}}</ref>
* ''Baker's End'' (2016, Bafflegab Productions)
* ''Mystery Lady'' (2018, Storytel)

===Books as editor===
*''[[Wildthyme on Top]]'' (2005, Iris Wildthyme, Big Finish)
*''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]'' (2009, Iris Wildthyme, [[Obverse Books]], edited with [[Stuart_Douglas_(writer)|Stuart Douglas]])
*''[[The Panda Book of Horror]]'' (2009, Iris Wildthyme, Obverse Books, edited with Stuart Douglas)
*''Shenanigans: Gay Men Mess with Genre'' (2010, Obverse Books)
*''[[Iris: Abroad]]'' (2010, Iris Wildthyme, Obverse Books, edited with Stuart Douglas)
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===''Doctor Who''===
====BBC Books====
*''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'' (1998)
*''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'' (1999)
*''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'' (2000)
*''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'' (2002)
*''[[Sick Building]]'' (2007)
*''The Return of Robin Hood'' (2022)

====Short stories====
*"Old Flames" in ''[[BBC Short Trips#Short Trips|Short Trips]]'' (1998)
*"Femme Fatale" in ''[[BBC Short Trips#More Short Trips|More Short Trips]]'' (1999)
*"The Longest Story in the World" in ''[[BBC Short Trips#Short Trips and Sidesteps|Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' (2000)
*"Bafflement and Devotion" in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' #289 (2000)
*"Jealous, Possessive" in ''[[Short Trips: Zodiac]]'' (2002)
*"Kept Safe and Sound" in ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]'' (2003)
*"Lust - Suitors, Inc." in ''[[Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (2005)
*"The Wickerwork Man" in ''[[Short Trips: Farewells]]'' (2006)
*"Fanboys" in ''[[Short Trips: Snapshots]]'' (2007)
*"Zombie Motel" in ''Doctor Who Storybook 2008'' (2007)
*"Hello Children, Everywhere" in ''Doctor Who Storybook 2009'' (2008)
*"Knock Knock!" in ''Doctor Who Storybook 2010'' (2009)
*"The Monster in the Woods" in ''Doctor Who: Tales of Terror'' (2017)
*"Teddy Sparkles Must Die" in ''The Missy Chronicles'' (2018)
*"That's All Right, Mama" in ''Doctor Who: Star Tales'' (2019)

====Big Finish plays====
*''[[The Stones of Venice (Doctor Who audio)|The Stones of Venice]]'' (2001, featuring the Eighth Doctor and [[Charley Pollard]])
*''[[Excelis Dawns]]'' (2002, featuring the Fifth Doctor and Iris Wildthyme)
*''[[The Wormery]]'' (2003, featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]] and Iris Wildthyme; written with [[Stephen Cole (writer)|Stephen Cole]])
*''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'' (2007, featuring the Eighth Doctor and [[Lucie Miller]])
*''[[The Wishing Beast & The Vanity Box]]''  (2007, featuring the Sixth Doctor and [[Melanie Bush]])
*''[[The Zygon Who Fell to Earth]]'' (2008, featuring the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller)
*''[[The Boy That Time Forgot]]'' (2008, featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa (Doctor Who)|Nyssa]])
*''The Companion Chronicles - [[Ringpullworld]]'' (2009, featuring the Fifth Doctor and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]])
*''The Companion Chronicles - [[Find and Replace (Doctor Who audio)|Find and Replace]]'' (2010, featuring the Third Doctor, [[Jo Grant]] and Iris Wildthyme)
*''The Lady of Mercia'' (2013, featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] and [[Nyssa (Doctor Who)|Nyssa]]) 
*''The Companion Chronicles - The Elixir of Doom'' (2014, featuring [[Jo Grant]] and Iris Wildthyme)
*''The Peterloo Massacre'' (2016, featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Nyssa (Doctor Who)|Nyssa]])
*''Muse of Fire'' (2018, featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]], Ace, Hex and Iris Wildthyme)
*''The Key to Many Worlds'' (2025, featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]], Constance, and Iris Wildthyme)

====BBC Audio plays====
'''''[[Hornets' Nest (Doctor Who)|Hornets' Nest]]'' (2009)'''
*''The Stuff of Nightmares'' (Fourth Doctor, Mike Yates, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''The Dead Shoes'' (Fourth Doctor, Mike Yates, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''The Circus of Doom'' (Fourth Doctor, Mike Yates)
*''A Sting in the Tale'' (Fourth Doctor, Mike Yates, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''Hive of Horror'' (Fourth Doctor, Mike Yates, Mrs. Wibbsey)

'''''[[Demon Quest]]'' (2010)'''
*''The Relics of Time'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''The Demon of Paris'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''A Shard of Ice'' (Fourth Doctor, Mike Yates)
*''Starfall'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey, Mike Yates)
*''Sepulchre'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey, Mike Yates)

'''''[[Serpent Crest]]'' (2011)'''
*''Tsar Wars'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''The Broken Crown'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''Aladdin Time'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''The Hexford Invasion'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey, Mike Yates)
*'' Survivors in Space'' (Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey, Mike Yates)

'''Single releases'''
*''The Thing from the Sea'' (2018, Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey)
*''The Winged Coven'' (2019, Fourth Doctor, Mrs. Wibbsey, Mike Yates)
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== References ==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100822230226/http://www.paulmagrs.com// Paul Magrs' website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060721133145/http://www.eri.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile.php?id=21 Manchester Metropolitan University page]
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