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Robert Shearman has worked as writer for television, radio, and the stage. He was appointed resident dramatist at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, the youngest playwright ever recognised by the Arts Council in this way, and has received several international awards for his theatrical work, including the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, the World Drama Trust Award, and the Guinness Award for Ingenuity in association with the Royal National Theatre. His plays have been regularly produced by Alan Ayckbourn, and on BBC Radio by Martin Jarvis. However he is probably best known as a writer for Doctor Who, reintroducing the Daleks for its BAFTA winning first series, in an episode nominated for a Hugo award. He lives in London, and this is his first book.

Praise for Robert Shearman 'Space age Beckett.' Times Literary Supplement 'Disturbing and caustic, the stories in this entertaining first collection robustly tackle their unusual subject matter.' The Guardian 'Far from morbid, each bizarrely comic tale has a peculiar interior logic and, although the humour is invariably gothic, it's also clever and oddly passionate... Wistful, dream-like... strangely beautiful... Shearman applies an oddball comic whimsy that doesn't deny the darkness of his stories, but transmutes into something that, through its oddity, becomes comprehensible.' The Metro 'This is an excellent and highly imaginative first collection of stories by a writer who is not afraid to approach the big subject, mortality...' The Independent on Sunday 'Corrosively funny, wistful, sharp, strange and black as a coffin lid, Rob Shearman's collection is an addictive delight. The stories stay with you with the persistence of a witch's familiar entwining its tail around your throat.' Mark Gatiss 'A brilliant collection of page-turning twists and extraordinary comic understanding. With Tiny Deaths, Shearman must now rank alongside Roald Dahl, Douglas Adams, even Philip K. Dick, as an outstanding and highly original storyteller.' Martin Jarvis 'Shearman offers us haunting, nightmare alternatives to our world that are still somehow utterly recognisable as our own thanks to the way he always picks out the comically mundane among the impossible and the fantastical. The dream-like logic of them - the simple acceptance of this as the status quo, rather than some mood sapping attempt at explanation, makes each story cling to you; forces you to make sense of it and somehow inhabit it.' Steven Moffat

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Robert Shearman Books by this author: About Reviews Robert Shearman has worked as writer for television, radio, and the stage. He was appointed resident dramatist at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, the youngest playwright ever recognised by the Arts Council in this way, and has received several international awards for his theatrical work, including the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, the World Drama Trust Award, and the Guinness Award for Ingenuity in association with the Royal National Theatre. His plays have been regularly produced by Alan Ayckbourn, and on BBC Radio by Martin Jarvis. However he is probably best known as a writer for Doctor Who, reintroducing the Daleks for its BAFTA winning first series, in an episode nominated for a Hugo award. He lives in London, and this is his first book. Praise for Robert Shearman 'Space age Beckett.' Times Literary Supplement 'Disturbing and caustic, the stories in this entertaining first collection robustly tackle their unusual subject matter.' The Guardian 'Far from morbid, each bizarrely comic tale has a peculiar interior logic and, although the humour is invariably gothic, it's also clever and oddly passionate... Wistful, dream-like... strangely beautiful... Shearman applies an oddball comic whimsy that doesn't deny the darkness of his stories, but transmutes into something that, through its oddity, becomes comprehensible.' The Metro 'This is an excellent and highly imaginative first collection of stories by a writer who is not afraid to approach the big subject, mortality...' The Independent on Sunday 'Corrosively funny, wistful, sharp, strange and black as a coffin lid, Rob Shearman's collection is an addictive delight. The stories stay with you with the persistence of a witch's familiar entwining its tail around your throat.' Mark Gatiss 'A brilliant collection of page-turning twists and extraordinary comic understanding. With Tiny Deaths, Shearman must now rank alongside Roald Dahl, Douglas Adams, even Philip K. Dick, as an outstanding and highly original storyteller.' Martin Jarvis 'Shearman offers us haunting, nightmare alternatives to our world that are still somehow utterly recognisable as our own thanks to the way he always picks out the comically mundane among the impossible and the fantastical. The dream-like logic of them - the simple acceptance of this as the status quo, rather than some mood sapping attempt at explanation, makes each story cling to you; forces you to make sense of it and somehow inhabit it.' Steven Moffat	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog Not a Moment Too Soon: Frank Kuppner read more Coco Island: Christine Roseeta Walker read more that which appears: Thomas A Clark read more Come Here to This Gate: Rory Waterman read more Near-Life Experience: Rowland Bagnall read more The Silence: Gillian Clarke read more
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