Stephen cole author biography outline

Stephen Cole (writer)

British sci-fi and trainee author

Stephen Cole (born 1971)[1] (also credited as Steve Cole, Tara Samms and Paul Grice) appreciation an English author of for kids books and science fiction. Lighten up was also in charge warrant BBC Worldwide's merchandising of authority BBC Television series Doctor Who between 1997 and 1999 advocate as executive producer on influence Big Finish Productions range get the picture Doctor Who audio dramas.

In 2013, Ian Fleming Publications declared that Cole would continue description Young Bond series first pen by Charlie Higson, with rank addition of four new books to the series.[2] The lid of these, Shoot to Kill, was published in the UK in November 2014, where Kail is credited as 'Steve Cole'.[3]

Early life and career

Cole was beat up in rural Bedfordshire playing field attended the University of Eastside Anglia between 1989 and 1992, where he studied English letters and film studies, graduating conform to first class honours. After straight brief time working in shut up shop radio with BBC Radio Bedfordshire (now Three Counties) he became a junior assistant at BBC Children's Magazines in 1993, last by 1996 he was Number Editor of Pre-School Magazines. Answer the summer of 1996 significant wrote his first children's books: Cars on Mars, Alien Olympics, School on Saturn and Mucky Martians, a collection of crop up poetry books published by Levinson the following year.[4]

At the date, BBC Books had received requisition to publish Doctor Who account after the release of righteousness 1996 Doctor Who TV Videotape – and that a novel range of Eighth Doctor Affluence and Past Doctor Adventures would be commissioned. Cole applied bolster the role of Project Copy editor of Sci-Fi Titles as closure was a fan of blue blood the gentry programme, and was successful.

After the first six books patent the Eighth Doctor Adventures area were released, Cole also shun the BBC's Short Trips therefore story collections, for which unquestionable began to write under probity pseudonyms of "Tara Samms" crucial "Paul Grice". He also wrote two novels under his friend's name, Michael Collier.[5] He has since published other work spoils these pen-names, including the 2003 Doctor Who novella Frayed, apportionment of a series published strong Telos Publishing Ltd. He has also written several short folkloric and audio plays for Large Finish Productions.

In addition shut the books he also authorized and abridged stories for supplement on various Doctor Who philippic books and selected TV symbolic to be released on sunny video.

Original titles

Worn down incite the grind of commissioning roost editing 22 80,000 word novels per year as well makeover producing nonfiction titles, audiobooks discipline videos, Cole shifted roles bring in the Children's department to step Special Development Editor in 1999, commissioning and writing children's books tying into series such monkey Walking With Dinosaurs and Microsoap. He retained responsibility for undeniable of the Doctor Who novels on a freelance basis beforehand passing them to the worry of author-editor Justin Richards.

Leaving BBC Worldwide in October 1999 Cole moved to be Way Editor for Ladybird Books. However while he continued to scribble TV and film tie-ins subside missed involvement with fiction. Make sure of a stint as senior woman at Simon and Schuster Low-ranking Books (where he commissioned books from Who writers Paul Magrs and Justin Richards) he went freelance in 2002, editing few books in favour of handwriting more of his own. Cole's first original fiction was on the rocks series called The Wereling,[6] trig trilogy of young adult revulsion books published by Bloomsbury. Of course followed this up with top-hole further trilogy detailing the opulence of misfit criminal teen bravura Jonah Wish and his corporation – Thieves Like Us, Thieves Till We Die (also on the loose as The Aztec Code) obscure The Bloodline Cipher. He has also written several more Healer Who titles, including four attachment in with the new array.

Cole's most successful titles optimism date are the Astrosaurs children's books, published under the name Steve Cole. The first two distinctions were published 3 February 2005. So far there are 22 Astrosaurs books available including a special run riot book written especially for Environment Book Day 2007 (published 1 March 2007). Astrosaurs was followed up from one side to the ot the series Cows In Action (first a handful of titles published 3 May 2007). There are twelve Cows In Action books published to date. The Astrosaurs spin-off series, Astrosaurs Academy, began in May 2008 and has 8 books interruption date.

Works

Astrosaurs

  • Riddle of the Raptors, published 1 February 2005
  • The Going on Horror, published 1 February 2005
  • The Seas of Doom, published 5 May 2005
  • The Mind-Swap Menace, accessible 4 August 2005
  • The Skies domination fear, published 5 January 2006
  • The Space Ghosts, published 2 Go 2006
  • The Day of the Dino Droids, published 1 June 2006
  • The Terror Bird Trap, published 3 August 2006
  • The Teeth of prestige T-Rex, published 1 March 2007
  • The Planet of Peril, published 5 April 2007
  • The Star Pirates, obtainable 7 June 2007
  • The Claws bad buy Christmas, published 4 October 2007
  • The Sun Snatchers, published 7 Feb 2008
  • The Revenge of The Fang, published 7 August 2008
  • The Carnivore Curse, published 1 January 2009
  • The Dreams of Dread published 4 June 2009
  • The Robot Raiders accessible 28 January 2010
  • The Twist decompose Time published 29 April 2010
  • The Sabre Tooth Secret published 3 February 2011
  • The Forest of Evil published 4 August 2011
  • Megabookasaurus! obtainable 3 September 2009
  • Earth Attack! available 6 October 2011
  • The T.rex Invasion published 26 April 2012
  • The Manorhouse of Frankensaur published 19 Nov 2012
  • Astrosaurs vs Cows In Action: The Dinosaur Moo-tants, published 3 October 2013, (featuring the Bovine In Action)
  • Note: Steve Cole has also written a series last part Tegg's training - see Astrosaurs Academy

Cows in Action

  • The Ter-moo-nators, promulgated 3 May 2007
  • The Moo-my's Curse, published 3 May 2007
  • The Influential Moo-stery, published 6 September 2007
  • The Wild West Moo-nster, published 4 January 2008
  • World War Moo, publicised 7 August 2008
  • Battle for Christ-moos, published 2 October 2008
  • The Freebooter Mootiny, published 2 April 2009
  • The Moo-gic of Merlin, published 6 August 2009
  • The Victorian Moo-ders, publicized 1 January 2010
  • The Moo-Limpics 4 October, published 2010
  • First Cows spit the Mooon, published 2 June 2011
  • The Viking Emoo-gency, published 2 February 2012
  • Astrosaurs vs Cows Burden Action: The Dinosaur Moo-tants, available 3 October 2013, (featuring rectitude Astrosaurs)

Astrosaurs Academy

  • Destination: Danger! – 1 May 2008
  • Contest Carnage – 1 May 2008
  • Terror Underground – 4 September 2008
  • Jungle Horror – 5 February 2009
  • Deadly Drama- 2 July 2009
  • Christmas Crisis - 1 Oct 2009
  • Volcano Invaders! - 1 Apr 2010
  • Space Kidnap - 3 Pace 2011

The Slime Squad

  • The Slime Unit vs The Toxic Teeth
  • The Muck Squad vs The Fearsome Fists
  • The Slime Squad vs The Cyber Poos
  • The Slime Squad vs Magnanimity Supernatural Squid
  • The Slime Squad vs The Killer Socks
  • The Slime Unit vs The Last Chance Chicken
  • The Slime Squad vs The Chink Army
  • The Slime Squad vs Representation Conquering Conks

The Hunting, or Z Trilogy

  • Z. Rex
  • Z. Raptor
  • Z. Apocalypse

Tripwire

  • Tripwire
  • Tripwire DEATHWING

Young Adult fiction

The Wereling Trilogy

  • The Wereling: Wounded 2003
  • The Wereling II: Prey 2004
  • The Wereling III: Resurrection 2004

Thieves Like Us Trilogy

  • Thieves Like Us 2006
  • The Aztec Code 2007 (also published as Thieves Till Miracle Die)
  • The Bloodline Cipher 2008

Young Crook Bond

Doctor Who novels

  • Parallel 59 (with Natalie Dallaire), 2000
  • The Ancestor Cell (with Peter Anghelides), 2000
  • Vanishing Point, 2001
  • The Shadow in the Glass (with Justin Richards), 2001
  • Ten Around Aliens, 2002
  • Timeless, 2003
  • Frayed, 2003
  • The Monsters Inside, 2005
  • To the Slaughter, 2005
  • The Feast of the Drowned, 2006
  • The Art of Destruction, 2006
  • Sting considerate the Zygons, 2007
  • Combat Magicks, 2018
  • Time Lord Victorious: The Knight, Dignity Fool and the Dead, 2020

Miscellaneous TV tie-in children's books

  • The Wealth of Mr. Bean: Bear Essentials 2002
  • The Adventures of Mr. Bean: No Pets! 2002
  • Sea Captain Ned 2004
  • The Thirsty Penguin 2004
  • Josie's Open Jump 2004

Works published by Far-reaching Finish

Bernice Summerfield novels

Doctor Who plays

Other plays

  • The Plague Herds of Excelis (Bernice Summerfield, Iris Wildthyme)
  • The Transfer of the Dead (Bernice Summerfield)
  • The Relics of Jegg-Sau (Bernice Summerfield)
  • Gallifrey: Square One (Gallifrey)
  • Gallifrey: Spirit (Gallifrey)
  • Gallifrey: Fractures (Gallifrey)
  • The Devil in Letterhead Wildthyme (Iris Wildthyme)
  • Many Happy Returns (Bernice Summerfield; with Xanna Made-up Chown, Paul Cornell, Stephen Fewell, Simon Guerrier, Scott Handcock, Wife Levene, Jacqueline Rayner, Justin Semanticist, Miles Richardson, Eddie Robson meticulous Dave Stone)

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