Mark Magrs
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Mark Magrs is an award winning radio producer, magazine editor and secondary school teacher.
He is the author of various fiction and non-fiction works. His first non-fiction book, Too Much Information (Chipmunka 2008) is an autobiographical account of living with mental illness
. He has written one novel aimed at teenagers and young adults, Looking For Atlantis (2009).
In 2008 Mark was awarded The New Writing North 'Northern Promise' Award for a children's book that he was developing (later published as Looking For Atlantis). An excerpt from this book was published in the New Writing North 'Ten Years On' Anthology in Autumn 2008.
He wrote the Big Finish audio production Iris Wildthyme and the Panda Invasion
, which was released in 2009.
Mark also contributed to an article in the Times Education Supplement in 2009 - 'Headmaster, I'm Bi-polar'.
Mark is the estranged brother of the author Paul Magrs
.
He is the author of various fiction and non-fiction works. His first non-fiction book, Too Much Information (Chipmunka 2008) is an autobiographical account of living with mental illness
Mental illness
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
. He has written one novel aimed at teenagers and young adults, Looking For Atlantis (2009).
In 2008 Mark was awarded The New Writing North 'Northern Promise' Award for a children's book that he was developing (later published as Looking For Atlantis). An excerpt from this book was published in the New Writing North 'Ten Years On' Anthology in Autumn 2008.
He wrote the Big Finish audio production Iris Wildthyme and the Panda Invasion
The Panda Invasion
The Panda Invasion is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
, which was released in 2009.
Mark also contributed to an article in the Times Education Supplement in 2009 - 'Headmaster, I'm Bi-polar'.
Mark is the estranged brother of the author Paul Magrs
Paul Magrs
Paul Magrs is a writer and lecturer. He was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, and now lives in Manchester with his partner, author and lecturer Jeremy Hoad.-Early life:...
.