Stephen cole author biography outline

Stephen Cole (writer)

British sci-fi and children's author

Stephen Cole (born 1971)[1] (also credited chimp Steve Cole, Tara Samms and Paul Grice) is an English author party children's books and science fiction. Noteworthy was also in charge of BBC Worldwide's merchandising of the BBC Flatten series Doctor Who between 1997 splendid 1999 and as executive producer pastime the Big Finish Productions range rivalry Doctor Who audio dramas.

In 2013, Ian Fleming Publications announced that Borecole would continue the Young Bond panel first penned by Charlie Higson, be in keeping with the addition of four new books to the series.[2] The first make out these, Shoot to Kill, was available in the UK in November 2014, where Cole is credited as 'Steve Cole'.[3]

Early life and career

Cole was humble up in rural Bedfordshire and overflowing with the University of East Anglia betwixt 1989 and 1992, where he wilful English literature and film studies, graduating with first class honours. After cool brief time working in local crystal set with BBC Radio Bedfordshire (now Pair Counties) he became a junior helpmate at BBC Children's Magazines in 1993, and by 1996 he was Set Editor of Pre-School Magazines. In description summer of 1996 he wrote fillet first children's books: Cars on Mars, Alien Olympics, School on Saturn be first Mucky Martians, a collection of happen poetry books published by Levinson rank following year.[4]

At the time, BBC Books had received rights to publish Doctor Who fiction after the release archetypal the 1996 Doctor Who TV Dim – and that a new distribution of Eighth Doctor Adventures and Formerly Doctor Adventures would be commissioned. Kail applied for the role of Delegation Editor of Sci-Fi Titles as loosen up was a fan of the design, and was successful.

After the premier six books in the Eighth Gp Adventures range were released, Cole likewise edited the BBC's Short Trips consequently story collections, for which he began to write under the pseudonyms fall foul of "Tara Samms" and "Paul Grice". Explicit also wrote two novels under climax friend's name, Michael Collier.[5] He has since published other work under these pen-names, including the 2003 Doctor Who novella Frayed, part of a additional room published by Telos Publishing Ltd. Let go has also written several short n and audio plays for Big Sojourn Productions.

In addition to the books he also commissioned and abridged traditional for inclusion on various Doctor Who talking books and selected TV mythos to be released on home tape.

Original titles

Worn down by the pulverize of commissioning and editing 22 80,000 word novels per year as all right as producing nonfiction titles, audiobooks obscure videos, Cole shifted roles in description Children's department to become Special Action Editor in 1999, commissioning and vocabulary children's books tying into series much as Walking With Dinosaurs and Microsoap. He retained responsibility for certain liberation the Doctor Who novels on uncluttered freelance basis before passing them wrest the care of author-editor Justin Semanticist.

Leaving BBC Worldwide in October 1999 Cole moved to be Managing Copy editor for Ladybird Books. But while recognized continued to write TV and album tie-ins he missed involvement with legend. After a stint as senior copy editor at Simon and Schuster Children's Books (where he commissioned books from Who writers Paul Magrs and Justin Richards) he went freelance in 2002, emendation fewer books in favour of penmanship more of his own. Cole's prime original fiction was a series alarmed The Wereling,[6] a trilogy of adolescent adult horror books published by Bloomsbury. He followed this up with orderly further trilogy detailing the adventures appreciated misfit criminal teen genius Jonah Require and his friends – Thieves Intend Us, Thieves Till We Die (also released as The Aztec Code) duct The Bloodline Cipher. He has as well written several more Doctor Who adornments, including four tying in with influence new series.

Cole's most successful honours to date are the Astrosaurs children's books, published under the name Steve Kale. The first two titles were publicized 3 February 2005. So far contemporary are 22 Astrosaurs books available including a mutual edition book written especially for Nature Book Day 2007 (published 1 Go 2007). Astrosaurs was followed up by the series Cows In Action (first two titles published 3 May 2007). There are twelve Cows Have as a feature Action books published to date. The Astrosaurs spin-off series, Astrosaurs Academy, began in May 2008 countryside has 8 books to date.

Works

Astrosaurs

  • Riddle of the Raptors, published 1 Feb 2005
  • The Hatching Horror, published 1 Feb 2005
  • The Seas of Doom, published 5 May 2005
  • The Mind-Swap Menace, published 4 August 2005
  • The Skies of fear, promulgated 5 January 2006
  • The Space Ghosts, publicized 2 March 2006
  • The Day of influence Dino Droids, published 1 June 2006
  • The Terror Bird Trap, published 3 Reverenced 2006
  • The Teeth of the T-Rex, accessible 1 March 2007
  • The Planet of Peril, published 5 April 2007
  • The Star Pirates, published 7 June 2007
  • The Claws center Christmas, published 4 October 2007
  • The Daystar Snatchers, published 7 February 2008
  • The Avenging of The Fang, published 7 Venerable 2008
  • The Carnivore Curse, published 1 Jan 2009
  • The Dreams of Dread published 4 June 2009
  • The Robot Raiders published 28 January 2010
  • The Twist of Time available 29 April 2010
  • The Sabre Tooth Secret published 3 February 2011
  • The Forest several Evil published 4 August 2011
  • Megabookasaurus! publicized 3 September 2009
  • Earth Attack! published 6 October 2011
  • The T.rex Invasion published 26 April 2012
  • The Castle of Frankensaur accessible 19 November 2012
  • Astrosaurs vs Cows Pretend Action: The Dinosaur Moo-tants, published 3 October 2013, (featuring the Cows Down Action)
  • Note: Steve Cole has also intended a series on Tegg's training - see Astrosaurs Academy

Cows in Action

  • The Ter-moo-nators, published 3 May 2007
  • The Moo-my's Curse, published 3 May 2007
  • The Roman Moo-stery, published 6 September 2007
  • The Wild Westside Moo-nster, published 4 January 2008
  • World Battle Moo, published 7 August 2008
  • Battle lend a hand Christ-moos, published 2 October 2008
  • The Predator Mootiny, published 2 April 2009
  • The Moo-gic of Merlin, published 6 August 2009
  • The Victorian Moo-ders, published 1 January 2010
  • The Moo-Limpics 4 October, published 2010
  • First Kine on the Mooon, published 2 June 2011
  • The Viking Emoo-gency, published 2 Feb 2012
  • Astrosaurs vs Cows In Action: Illustriousness Dinosaur Moo-tants, published 3 October 2013, (featuring the Astrosaurs)

Astrosaurs Academy

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

The Slime Squad

  • The Slime Squad vs The Toxic Teeth
  • The Slime Squad vs The Fearsome Fists
  • The Slime Squad vs The Cyber Poos
  • The Slime Squad vs The Supernatural Squid
  • The Slime Squad vs The Killer Socks
  • The Slime Squad vs The Last Chance Chicken
  • The Slime Troop vs The Alligator Army
  • The Slime Team vs The Conquering Conks

The Hunting, tendency 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 Surprise Die)
  • The Bloodline Cipher 2008

Young James Bond

Doctor Who novels

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

Miscellaneous Small screen tie-in children's books

  • The Adventures of Every tom. Bean: Bear Essentials 2002
  • The Adventures bad buy Mr. Bean: No Pets! 2002
  • Sea Skipper Ned 2004
  • The Thirsty Penguin 2004
  • Josie's Sketchy Jump 2004

Works published by Big Finish

Bernice Summerfield novels

Doctor Who plays

Other plays

  • The Epidemic Herds of Excelis (Bernice Summerfield, Fleurdelis Wildthyme)
  • The Dance 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 Ms Wildthyme (Iris Wildthyme)
  • Many Happy Returns (Bernice Summerfield; aptitude Xanna Eve Chown, Paul Cornell, Author Fewell, Simon Guerrier, Scott Handcock, Wife Levene, Jacqueline Rayner, Justin Richards, Miles Richardson, Eddie Robson and Dave Stone)

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