Paul Magrs grew up in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, and was educated at Woodham Comprehensive and Lancaster University. He was a lecturer in Creative Writing at UEA, running their famous MA course, and then at MMU in Manchester. Now he writes full time at home in Levenshulme, where he lives with his partner Jeremy Hoad. Heâs written many childrenâs and YA titles, including Exchanges and Diary of a Doctor Who Addict and a number of Doctor Who spin- off novels for which he is well known.