Rebecca Levene

Rebecca Levene is a British author and editor. Author of The Hollow Gods fantasy novel series, in the 1990s she was editor of Virgin's New Adventures series of original fiction Doctor Who novels. Levene was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. After graduating, she worked for a Labour MP. Levene then applied for a job at Virgin and began as an assistant to Peter Darvill-Evans working on the New Adventures. She later took over as editor of Virgin's Doctor Who lines, a period seen by many as a high point for Doctor Who prose fiction. She also worked on other projects at Virgin, including their Judge Dredd series. Along with other Virgin alumni including Gareth Roberts and Lance Parkin, she became a storyliner for television soap Emmerdale for a period. Subsequent TV work included on Sky One's Is Harry on the Boat? She has also continued to work with Roberts on comedy projects for TV since, including the comedy sketch show Swinging. They had a sitcom optioned, but never produced by the BBC.