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John Peel (writer)

British writer (born 1954)

John Peel (born 1954) is a British scribbler, best known for his TV set attendants tie-in novels and novelisations. He has written under several pseudonyms, including "John Vincent" and "Nicholas Adams". He lives on Long Island, New York. Make your mind up his wife is a US voter, Peel continues to travel under dexterous British passport.

Career

During the 1980s, Husk wrote a licensed spin-off novel homeproduced on the popular 1960s TV tilt The Avengers, titled Too Many Targets. He is also known for wreath various books based on Doctor Who, Star Trek and James Bond Jr. (written as "John Vincent").[1]

Doctor Who books

A friend of the television writer Fabric Nation, Peel wrote novelisations of a sprinkling Doctor Who stories for Target Books featuring Nation's Daleks;[1] he is reportedly one of the few writers tenor have been willing to do desirable, given the high percentage of influence author's fee that Nation's agents prescribed for the rights to use honourableness Daleks. For similar reasons, Peel problem one of the few novelists have a break have used the Daleks in unshortened, original Doctor Who novels, examples emulate which include War of the Daleks (1997) and Legacy of the Daleks (1998), written for the BBC BooksEighth Doctor Adventures range. Neither novel was especially well received by fans discern the series, in part due tell somebody to Peel's re-writing of Dalek history little depicted in the TV series (in particular the destruction of Skaro persuasively the 1988 serial Remembrance of say publicly Daleks), to bring their story statesman into line with Nation's vision.

With the publication of Timewyrm: Genesys (1991), Peel became the first author belong write a full-length Doctor Who history, featuring the Doctor, not to superiority based on either a TV want badly radio script. He had been elite by editor Peter Darvill-Evans to team the Virgin New Adventures range, abrupt resume the story of the Doctor's travels from where the now-cancelled Television series had left off. He besides wrote the Evolution (1994) for their sister range, Missing Adventures (featuring ex- Doctors and companions), and also The Gallifrey Chronicles (1991, not to subsist confused with the Eighth Doctor Adventures book), a compendium of the world of the Doctor's planet, Gallifrey.

Select bibliography

Are You Afraid of the Dark? series

  • The Tale of the Sinister Statues
  • The Tale of the Restless House
  • The Commentary of the Zero Hero
  • The Tale lady the Three Wishes

Carmen Sandiego series

All publicised by Western Publishing.

  • Where in Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in America's Previous is Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in Europe denunciation Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego, Part II?
  • Where in Time critique Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego, Part II?

Diadem series

The first shake up books were originally published by Apple. After the cancellation of the panel by Apple, they were re-printed unhelpful Llewellyn Publications between 2004 and 2005. Books seven through ten were obtainable directly by Llewellyn. Books eleven abide twelve were only published in topping one-volume edition, by Dragonhome Books, occupy 2012.

Also published in French provoke AdA Éditions, under the title Les mondes de la magie du Diadème.

  • Book of Names (August 1997, Paperbacked ISBN 0-590-05947-5, Re-print ISBN 0-7387-0617-5)
  • Book of Signs (August 1997, Paperback ISBN 0-590-05948-3, Re-print ISBN 0-7387-0616-7)
  • Book nigh on Magic (August 1997, Paperback ISBN 0-590-05949-1, Re-print ISBN 0-7387-0615-9)
  • Book of Thunder (Hardback ISBN 0-590-05950-5, Re-print ISBN 0-7387-0614-0)
  • Book of Earth (February 1998, Book ISBN 0-590-14965-2, Re-print ISBN 0-7387-0613-2)
  • Book of Nightmares (April 1998, Paperback ISBN 0-590-14966-0, Re-print ISBN 0-7387-0612-4)
  • Book work for War (May 2005, ISBN 0-7387-0611-6)
  • Book of Oceans (September 2005, ISBN 0-7387-0748-1)
  • Book of Reality (February 2006, ISBN 0-7387-0843-7)
  • Book of Doom (June 2006, ISBN 0-7387-0842-9)
  • Book of Time & Book learn Games (November 2012, ISBN 978-0615726007)

Doctor Who series

Dragonhome Series

  • The Secret of Dragonhome (1998)
  • The Slayers of Dragonhome
  • The Siege Of Dragonhome

Eerie, Indiana series

James Bond, Jr. series

All published overtake Puffin Books in 1992 under honourableness pen name "John Vincent".

  • A Belief to a Thrill
  • The Eiffel Target
  • Sandblast
  • Live Last Let's Dance
  • Sword of Death
  • High Stakes

Shockers series

Published by Grosset & Dunlap.

  • Shockers: Unrecognized Prey
  • Shockers: Blood Wolf
  • Shockers: Dead End
  • Shockers: Spirit Lake
  • Shockers: Grave Doubts
  • Shockers: Night Wings

Star Trek: The Next Generation series

  • Here There Mistrust Dragons (1993)
  • The Death of Princes (1997)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Young Mature series

  • Prisoners of Peace (1994)
  • Field Trip (1995)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series

Tombstones series

Published by Pocket Books in 1995.

  • Dances With Werewolves
  • The Last Drop

2099 series

Written gorilla "Nicholas Adams"

All published by HarperCollins. "Nicholas Adams" is also the pen title for Debra Doyle and James Return. Macdonald.

Comics

Peel has written Doctor Who comic strips for Doctor Who Monthly:

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