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.

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 edit

Invisible Fiends edit

  • Mr Mumbles (2010)
  • Raggy Maggie (2010)
  • The Crowmaster (2011)
  • Doc Mortis (2011)
  • The Beast (2012)
  • The Darkest Corners (2012)

Afterworlds edit

  • The 13th Horseman (2012)
  • The Book of Doom (2013)

Benjamin Blank edit

  • The Shark-Headed Bear Thing (2015)
  • The Swivel-Eyed Ogre-Thing (2015)
  • The Moon-Faced Ghoul-Thing (2015)

Beaky Malone edit

  • Beaky Malone: The World's Greatest Liar (2016)

Other works edit

Rise of the Rabbits (2015)

Books for adults (as Barry J Hutchison) edit

The Bug (2016)

Space Team edit

  • Space Team (2016)
  • Space Team: The Wrath of Vajazzle (2016)
  • Space Team: The Search for Splurt (2017)
  • Space Team: Song of the Space Siren (2017)
  • Space Team: The Guns of Nana Joan (2017)
  • Space Team: Return of the Dead Guy (2017)
  • Space Team: Planet of the Japes (2017)
  • Space Team: A Lot of Weird Space Shizz (2017)
  • Space Team: The Holiday Special (2018)
  • Space Team: The Time Titan of Tomorrow (2018)
  • Space Team: The King of Space Must Die (2018)
  • Space Team: Sting of the Mustard Mines (2018)
  • Space Team: Sentienced to Death (2018)
  • Space Team: The Hunt for Reduk Topa (2019)

Dan Deadman edit

  • Dial D for Deadman (2017)
  • Dead Inside (2017)
  • Dead in the Water (2018)

Sidekicks edit

  • The Sidekicks Initiative: A Comedy Superhero Adventure (2018)

Scottish crime novels (as JD Kirk) edit

DCI Logan crime thrillers edit

  • A Litter of Bones (2019)
  • Thicker Than Water (2019)
  • The Killing Code (2019)
  • Blood and Treachery (2019)
  • The Last Bloody Straw (2020)
  • A Whisper of Sorrows (2020)
  • The Big Man Upstairs (2020)
  • A Death Most Monumental (2020)
  • A Snowball's Chance in Hell (2020)
  • Ahead of the Game (2021)
  • An Isolated Incident (2021)
  • Colder than the Grave (2021)
  • Come Hell or High Water (2021)
  • City of Scars (2022)
  • Here Lie the Dead (2022)
  • One for the Ages (2023)
  • In Service of Death (2023)

Robert Hoon crime thrillers edit

  • Northwind (2020)
  • Southpaw (2021)
  • Westward (2021)
  • Eastgate (2022)

Television edit

  • Bottom Knocker Street (2013)
  • SuperMansion (2018)
  • Kip Van Creepy: Delivery Boy (2018)

References edit

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

External links edit