Barry Hutchison Explained

Barry Hutchison should not be confused with Barry Hutchinson.

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 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

Invisible Fiends

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

Afterworlds

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

Benjamin Blank

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

Beaky Malone

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

Other works

Rise of the Rabbits (2015)

Books for adults (as Barry J Hutchison)

The Bug (2016)

Space Team

• 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

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

Sidekicks

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

Scottish crime novels (as JD Kirk)

DCI Logan crime thrillers

• 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

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

Television

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

References

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

External links

• Children's books site
• Adult books site
• JD Kirk site