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| Born | 18 April 1973 Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Comic Writer, Author |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 2000–present |
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Cavan Scott (born 18 April 1973), is a New York Times bestselling comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both Doctor Who and Star Wars , as well as comics and novels for Teen Titans Black Adam , Ghostbusters , Transformers , Back to the Future , Vikings , Pacific Rim , Sherlock Holmes , and Penguins of Madagascar .
Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic . Cavan's first contribution to the era was a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic. [1] and he has also written two novels in the series, the New York Times bestseller, The Rising Storm and Path of Vengeance, numerous short stories in Star Wars Insider and the Life Day Treasury, a four issue mini-series for IDW, The Monster of Temple Peak and the audio drama, Tempest Runner.
In April 2020, Vault Comics announced their supernatural spy series Shadow Service, written by Cavan Scott with art by Corin M. Howell, for release in July 2020. [2] This was Cavan Scott's first creator-owned comic series. He has since written three more creator-owned series: The Ward, from Dark Horse Comics, Sleep Terrors from Legendary Comics, and Dead Seas from Dark Horse.
In April 2016, his 2016 World Book Day book Star Wars: The Escape became the UK's number one bestselling book.
He was also script editor on the first series of Highlander audiobooks and produced Blakes 7 for Big Finish Productions.
He has written a number of books based upon the BBC Television series Countryfile and Planet Dinosaur, as well as children's books and comic based on such popular children's franchises Skylanders , Disney Infinity , Adventure Time, and Angry Birds .
He wrote a series of Sherlock Holmes novels for Titan Books, the first of which, "The Patchwork Devil", was published in 2016.
Scott conceived and launched Countryfile Magazine in 2007 and has written for over 30 national magazines and newspapers. He regularly appears on local and national radio commentating on rural affairs and has been a judge of various countryside awards including the RSPB Farming for Nature Award and the FARMA Farm Retailer of the Year. [3] He appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss the casting of Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who's Twelfth Doctor. [4]
He also wrote serialized children's books for Fiction Express, including two volumes of Snaffles the Cat Burglar. [5]
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