Barry Hutchison

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Barry Hutchison is a children's author, screenwriter, and director from Scotland. He wrote children's novels for Egmont Press under their 2Heads imprint, including books for the Beastly, Ben 10 , and Ben 10: Alien Force series, and signed a six-book contract with HarperCollins in 2008.

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In 2013, Hutchison wrote 36 episodes of Bottom Knocker Street, a CITV comedy starring comedian Phill Jupitus. [1]

Since 2019 Hutchison has been releasing Scottish crime novels under the pen name JD Kirk. [2]

He lives in Fort William in the Highlands with his wife, Fiona, and their two children.

Books for children

Invisible Fiends

Afterworlds

Benjamin Blank

Beaky Malone

Other works

Rise of the Rabbits (2015)

Books for adults (as Barry J Hutchison)

The Bug (2016)

Space Team

Dan Deadman

Sidekicks

Scottish crime novels (as JD Kirk)

DCI Logan crime thrillers

Robert Hoon crime thrillers

Television

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References

  1. "Bottom Knocker Street – ITV Sitcom". British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. "JD Kirk" . Retrieved 11 September 2020.