Terry Newman

Terry Newman was a research scientist, working on heart and lung function, who one day found himself in the BBC's Broad-casting House writing comedy. He is still rather vague about how this happened, but afterwards he decided that writing was more fun than sitting at an electron microscope in the dark. He has gone on to write award-winning films and plays and also writes for TV, radio, New Media, animation and games.His first novel, published by Harper Voyager: Detective Strongoak and the Case...See more

Terry Newman was a research scientist, working on heart and lung function, who one day found himself in the BBC's Broad-casting House writing comedy. He is still rather vague about how this happened, but afterwards he decided that writing was more fun than sitting at an electron microscope in the dark. He has gone on to write award-winning films and plays and also writes for TV, radio, New Media, animation and games.His first novel, published by Harper Voyager: Detective Strongoak and the Case of the Dead Elf introduced the well-dressed, axe-wielding, Master Detective Nicely Strongoak and was a #1 Kindle Bestseller in the USA. Nicely's adventures continued in The King of Elfland's Little Sister and Dwarf Girls Don't Dance.Camelot Noir is a new series featuring the world-weary Sword-for-Hire and investigator Chaucere in King Arthur's Camelot.Terry now works in a nice bright room with a view of the Sussex Weald, where he also writes musicals and songs, but he does sometimes still miss his microscope. See less