The biography of alex shearer

British novelist and scriptwriter (born )

Alex Shearer (born 25 June ) is a British novelist and scriptwriter. He was born in Wick, in the north of Scotland.

Alex Shearer sold his first TV script at the age of 29, after a varied career of some 30 odd jobs.

The biography of alex shearer

He wrote for television, film, theatre and radio (including plays and short stories for BBC Radio 4)^[1] for 14 years, and then devoted himself to becoming a novelist.

His novel The Speed of the Dark was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.^[2]The Greatest Store in the World was adapted into a television film by the BBC.

His novel Bootleg was adapted for a television series by the BBC, and later adapted into manga and anime under its Japanese title Chocolate Underground.^[3]

TV work

Radio work

• Flying The Flag , a series featuring Dinsdale Landen, 28 episodes.

  Radio 4.

• The Dream Maker - radio version of stage play. Also remade in Germany.
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