Paul Finch

Paul Finch
Paul Finch at Liverpool One's Waterstones, 13 March 2015
Born	Lancashire, England
Occupation	Author, screenwriter, former policeman and journalist
Nationality	British
Education	Goldsmiths, University of London
Genre	Crime, thriller, horror, science fiction
Notable works	The "Heck" novels, Doctor Who
Spouse	Catherine Finch
Children	Eleanor and Harry
Website
Walking in the Dark

Paul Finch is an English author and scriptwriter. He began his writing career on the British television programme The Bill. His early scripts were for children's animation. He has written over 300 short stories which have appeared in magazines, such as the All Hallows, the magazine of the Ghost Story Society and Black Static. He also edits anthologies of Horror stories with the overall title of Terror Tales. He has written variously for the books and other spin-offs from Doctor Who. He is the author of the ongoing series of DS Mark Heck Heckenberg novels.

Finch is the son of British television scriptwriter and dramatist Brian Finch. He was a police officer with the Greater Manchester Police until 1988 and later a journalist.

In 1998 Finch wrote one episode of Little Hippo: Hippos Ahoy and one episode of Fix and Foxi: A Knight to Rembember for Siriol Productions. In 2002 he worked on fifty 6½ minute episodes of an animated TV series for children called Nora and the Magic Tree for Hogg's Back Films.

Finch wrote additional material for the 2005 film Spirit Trap and co-wrote the 2011 film The Devil's Rock with Paul Campion and Brett Ihaka. Tony Lee of Black Static magazine wrote that the interrogations featured in The Devil's Rock made it "often appear to be a filmed play". In addition, Lee suggested the big finale is too reminiscent of traditional Gothic Dennis Wheatley (plus modern splatter!). However, "Although it's a Kiwi production, 'The Devil's Rock' feels like a more worthy successor to the Hammer Film Productions studios ethos than actual new Hammer-label product such as 'The Resident'".

Finch wrote the screenplay for War Wolf, which is in pre-production at Amber Entertainment, with Paul Campion attached to direct.