Paul Magrs

Paul Magrs (pronounced "Mars"; born 12 November 1969) is a writer and university lecturer. He lives in Manchester with his partner, author Jeremy Hoad. Magrs is the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works. Magrs' first three novels, Marked for Life, Does It Show? (1997) and Could It Be Magic? (1998), share characters, a magical realist tone and a setting: the fictional Phoenix Court council estate in Newton Aycliffe. Formerly a senior lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, Magrs is now a full-time writer. He also previously taught at the University of East Anglia. With Julia Bell, Magrs edited several issues of the University of East Anglia's literary journal Pretext and The Creative Writing Coursebook (2001). Magrs has written several novels, short stories and audio dramas relating to Doctor Who, many of which also feature his character Iris Wildthyme.