LANCE PARKIN is a British writer best known as the author of fiction and reference books related to Doctor Who. It was in the pages of Doctor Who Weekly that he came across Alan Moore’s earliest professional writing, and he’s followed the comic maestro’s career ever since. In 2001 he wrote a pocket guide to Moore’s work, which has since been updated and reissued. In addition to contributing pieces to magazines such as TV Zone, SFX and Doctor Who Magazine, and a stint as a television storyliner, he is the co-author of a guide to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. He lives in the USA.