Biography
Robert Shearman is an English writer of television, radio, stage plays and short stories. Born on 10 February 1970 in Horsham, Sussex, he was educated at Reigate Grammar School and the University of Exeter. He served as resident dramatist at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter and has written plays produced by Alan Ayckbourn and others.
Shearman wrote the Doctor Who television episode Dalek (2005), adapting elements from his Big Finish audio play Jubilee. He has contributed multiple audio dramas to the Big Finish Doctor Who range and written several plays for BBC Radio 4 in association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions. His short story collections include Tiny Deaths (2007), which won the World Fantasy Award.
He worked as story consultant on the 2024 series Constellation. Shearman has also written for television series including Born and Bred (2003) and adapted his work into novelisations.
