Cavan Scott

Cavan Scott
Born	17 April 1973 Bristol, UK
Occupation	Children's Author, Science fiction writer, rural affairs journalist
Nationality	British
Period	2000 -
Website
www.cavanscott.co.uk

Cavan Scott (born 17 April 1973) is a freelance author, journalist and editor. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who, often in collaboration with co-writer Mark Wright. He was also script editor on the first series of Highlander talking books and co-produced Iris Wildthyme for Big Finish Productions. As of 2014, he produces their Blake's 7 audio series.

He has written a number of books based upon the BBC Television series Countryfile and Planet Dinosaur as well as a range of books based on the children's video game franchises Skylanders and Angry Birds.

Scott conceived and launched Countryfile Magazine in 2007 and has written for over 30 national magazines and newspapers. He regularly appears on local and national radio commentating on rural affairs and has been a judge of various countryside awards including the RSPB Farming for Nature Award and the FARMA Farm Retailer of the Year.^[1] More recently he appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss the casting of Peter Calpaldi as the 12th Doctor Who.^[2]

In June 2013, Scott and Wright became Sunday Times Bestselling authors as Who-ology entered the Sunday Times Bestseller list.^[3] Scott is now working on a Warhammer 40,000 novella, scripts for The Beano and numerous children's books for Puffin Books.^[4]

He also writes serialised children's books for "Fiction Express", the next of which is "Snaffles the Cat Burglar".^[5]

He lives near Bristol with his wife Clare and their daughters Chloe and Connie.

Bibliography

Books

• Project: Valhalla (2005) (with Mark Wright)
• Countryfile: Great British Walks (2010), (Editor)
• Countryfile Perfect Days Out (2010)
• John Craven's Countryfile Companion (2010) (collaboration with John Craven
• The Obverse Book of Ghosts (2010) (Editor)
• The Sarah Jane Adventures: Wraith World (2010)
• Adam's Farm: My Life on the Land (2011) (with Adam Henson)
• Planet Dinosaur (2011)
• Blake's 7: The Forgotten (2012) (with Mark Wright)
• Skylanders: The Machine of Doom (2012) (writing as Onk Beakman)
• Skylanders: Official Annual 2013 (2012)
• Skylanders: Quiz Quest (2012)
• Skylanders: Spyro vs the Mega Monsters (2013) (Writing as Onk Beakman)
• Skylanders: Gill Grunt and the Curse of the Fishmaster (2013) (Writing as Onk Beakman)
• Skylanders: Lightning Rod faces the Cyclops Queen (2013) (Writing as Onk Beakman)
• Doctor Who: Who-ology (2013) (with Mark Wright)
• The Angry Birds Official Sticker Book (2013)
• Skylanders: Official Annual 2014 (2013)
• Skylanders: The A-Z of Skylands (2013)
• The World of Angry Birds Ultimate Guide (2013)
• "The Official Beano Sticker Book" (2014)
• "Mama Barkfingers" (2014)
• "Snaffles the Cat Burglar" (2014)

Radio plays

• Doctor Who
  • Project: Twilight (2001) (with Mark Wright)
  • The Church and the Crown (2002) (with Mark Wright)
  • Project Lazarus (2003) (with Mark Wright)
  • The Prisoner of Peladon (2009) (with Mark Wright)
  • Project: Destiny (2010) (with Mark Wright)
  • The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011) (with Mark Wright)
  • The Nu-Humans (2012) (with Mark Wright)
  • "Night of the Whisper" (2013) (with Mark Wright)
• 2000AD
  • Judge Dredd: For King and Country (2003)

• Counter-Measure
  • Peshka (2013) (with Mark Wright)

• The Tomorrow People
  • The Warlock's Dance (2004)
• Highlander
  • Kurgan Rising (2009) (with Mark Wright)
• Blake's 7
  • The Armageddon Storm Parts 1-3 (2013) (with Mark Wright)
  • "Blake's Story" (2013) (with Mark Wright)
• Iris Wildthyme
  • Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa (2009) (with Mark Wright)
  • The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society (2012)
  • Whatever Happened to Iris Widthyme (2013) (with Mark Wright)

Short stories

• Doctor Who
  • Priceless Junk (2009), in Short Trips: Indefinable Magic (with Mark Wright)
  • Twilight's End (2008), in Short Trips: Defining Patterns (with Mark Wright)
  • Faithful Friends (2007), in Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas (with Mark Wright)
  • Be Forgot (2004), in Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury (with Mark Wright)
  • Feast of the Stone (2004), in BBC Vampires (with Mark Wright)
  • Inmate 280 (2003), in Short Trips: Steel Skies
• Warhammer
  • Doom Flight (2013)
• Judge Dredd
  • Dog Fight (2005), in The Judge Dredd Megazine
  • Roaches (2013), in The Judge Dredd Megazine
• Iris Wildthyme
  • The Unhappy Medium (2009), in Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (with Mark Wright)
  • The Colonic in Space (2010), in Iris: Abroad (with Mark Wright)
• Original works
  • Graveyard Slot (2005), in The Undead
  • The Last (2007), in Desolate Places
  • Missed Call (2010), in The Obverse Book of Ghosts
  • Fairest of them All (2013) in Resurrection Engines
  • The Demon Slasher of Seven Sisters (2013) in The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes

Comics

• Doctor Who
  • Mistaken Identity (2010), in Doctor Who Adventures
  • Creature Feature (2010), in Doctor Who Adventures
• Power Rangers
  • Game Over (2005), in Jetix Magazine
  • Starr Stuck (2004), in Jetix Magazine
• Nick Nitro & Booster (Ongoing, 2010–2011) in Nitro (Magazine)
• Krash Test Bunny (Ongoing, 2010–2011t) in Nitro (Magazine)
• Minnie The Minx, Roger The Dodger, Gnasher and Gnipper, Bananaman (2014 - present) in The Beano
• Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor (2015 - present), published by Titan Comics

External links

• Cavan Scott's website
• Cavan Scott at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Notes

1. http://www.pressatrandom.co.uk/opc/author.aspx?id=64403
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23572529
3. http://cavanscott.com/who-ology-enters-the-sunday-times-bestsellers-list/
4. http://www.kasterborous.com/2013/05/interview-who-ologys-scott-wright/
5. http://blogs.birminghammail.co.uk/speechballoon/2014/04/snaffles-the-cat-burglar.html