Eddie Robson

Eddie Robson
Photo by Tim Drury.
Born	20 December 1978 (1978-12-20) York, UK
Occupation	Science fiction writer
Nationality	British
Period	2000 -

Eddie Robson (born 20 December 1978) is a freelance author best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who in his book (written with Mark Clapham and Jim Smith): Who's Next. He is also co-owner of and a regular reviewer on the Shiny Shelf website, as well as a freelance reviewer for various science fiction magazines. He is married to a female academic and lives in Lancaster.

Writing career

Robson's Doctor Who work includes the BBC 7 radio plays Phobos, Human Resources and Grand Theft Cosmos, the CD releases Memory Lane, The Condemned, The Raincloud Man and The Eight Truths, and several short stories for Big Finish's Doctor Who anthologies, Short Trips. He has contributed comic strips to Doctor Who Adventures.

Between 2007 and 2009, Robson was the producer of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield range of products, and has contributed four audio plays to the series. He has also written books on film noir and the Coen Brothers for Virgin Publishing, the Doctor Who episode guide Who's Next with co-authors Mark Clapham and Jim Smith, and an illustrated adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Since 2008 he has been writing comedy material for BBC Radio. His work has featured on That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Look Away Now, Tilt, Play and Record, Newsjack and Recorded For Training Purposes.

Bibliography

Books

• Coen Brothers (2003)
• Who's Next (2005) (with Mark Clapham and Jim Smith)
• Film Noir (2005)
• Dracula (2009) (with Nicola L. Robinson)

Radio plays

• Doctor Who
  • Memory Lane (2006)
  • Phobos (2007)
  • Human Resources (2007)
  • I.D. (2007)
  • Urgent Calls (2007)
  • The Condemned (2008)
  • Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)
  • The Raincloud Man (2008)
  • Masters of War (2008)
  • The Eight Truths/Worldwide Web (2009)
  • Situation Vacant (2010)
  • Prisoner of the Sun (2010)
  • Industrial Evolution (2011)
  • The Five Companions (2011)
• Bernice Summerfield
  • The Empire State (2006)
  • Freedom of Information (2007)
  • Beyond the Sea (2008)
  • Secret Origins (2009)
  • Resurrecting the Past (2010)
  • Escaping the Future (2010)

Short stories

• Doctor Who
  • The Little Drummer Boy (2003), in Short Trips: Companions
  • The Juror’s Story (2004), in Short Trips: Repercussions
  • Visiting Hours (2005), in Short Trips: A Day in the Life
  • Mercury (2005), in Short Trips: The Solar System
  • Not in My Back Yard (2005), in Short Trips: The History of Christmas
  • The Avant Guardian (2006), in Short Trips: Time Signature
  • Remain in Light (2007), in Short Trips: Snapshots
  • Decorative Purposes (2007) in Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas
  • Interesting Times (2008) in Short Trips: The History of Christmas
  • The Power Supply (2009) in Short Trips: Indefinable Magic

• Bernice Summerfield
  • The Light that Never Dies (2000), in The Dead Men Diaries
  • Against Gardens (2004), in A Life Worth Living
  • Match of the Deity (2006), in Something Changed
  • The Two-Level Effect (2006), in Collected Works
  • Thirty Love (2007), in Missing Adventures
  • The Firing Squad (2009), in Secret Histories

External links

• Middle Class Football Fan - Eddie Robson's weblog
• Shiny Shelf webpage
• Eddie Robson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database