Paul Finch

Paul Finch is an accomplished author of thriller and horror novels, who has written and published roughly three hundred stories during his career. Originally from Lancashire, England, Finch began his professional career as a cop and later became a journalist. These early experiences in law enforcement and journalism provided him with a wealth of material that would later inform his crime and horror writing.

Finch's writing career took off when he began working on the British crime drama The Bill, and he has since written extensively for film, audio drama, and children's animation. He is perhaps best known for his crime/thriller fiction, including his DS Heckenburg series, which has gained him a loyal following among readers of the genre. Finch's writing is characterized by its hard-hitting and gritty style, which has earned him critical acclaim and numerous awards.

In addition to his work in crime and thriller fiction, Finch has also made a name for himself as a writer of horror and supernatural stories. He has won the British Fantasy Award twice and the International Horror Guild Award, among other accolades. His horror novels and short stories are known for their chilling and atmospheric settings, as well as their exploration of the darker aspects of human nature.

Despite his success in the world of fiction, Finch remains a down-to-earth and approachable figure. He lives in Lancashire with his wife and children, and is known for his generosity in sharing his knowledge and experience with aspiring writers. Finch's contributions to the world of literature have left a lasting impact, and his work continues to inspire and entertain readers around the world.
Bare Bone Books (with James Chambers, with Steve Rasnic Tem, with C.J. Henderson, with Simon Strantzas, with Gary McMahon, with Cody Goodfellow, with Darren Speegle, with Kek-w, with Paul A. Toth, with Ian Rogers, with Ronald Malfi, with Kris Saknussemm, with Kevin L. Donihe, with Kurt Newton, with Dustin LaValley, with Alyssa Sturgill)
# Title Year
1 Bare Bone 4 2003
2 Bare Bone 6 2004
3 Bare Bone #5 2004
4 Bare Bone #7 2005
5 Bare Bone #8 2005
6 Bare Bone #9 2006
7 Bare Bone #11 2009
The Black Books of Horror Books
# Title Year
1 The Black Book of Horror 2007
2 The Third Black Book of Horror 2008
3 The Fifth Black Book of Horror 2009
4 The Eighth Black Book of Horror 2011
5 The Ninth Black Book of Horror 2012
6 The Tenth Black Book of Horror 2013
Dark Winter Tales Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 Children Don’t Play Here Anymore 2016
2 God's Fist 2016
3 Hag Fold 2016
4 The Incident at North Shore 2016
5 Those They Left Behind 2016
6 Tok 2016
7 What's Behind You 2016
Doctor Who Books
# Title Year
1 Tales of Trenzalore 2014
Doctor Who: New Series Adventures Books
# Title Year
1 The Clockwise Man 2005
2 The Monsters Inside 2005
3 Winner Takes All 2005
4 The Deviant Strain 2005
5 Only Human 2005
6 The Stealers of Dreams 2005
7 The Stone Rose 2006
8 The Feast of the Drowned 2006
9 The Resurrection Casket 2006
10 The Nightmare of Black Island 2006
11 The Art of Destruction 2006
12 The Price of Paradise 2006
13 The Pirate Loop 2007
14 Sting of the Zygons 2007
15 Doctor Who: Wooden Heart 2007
16 The Last Dodo 2007
17 Wooden Heart 2007
18 Sick Building 2007
19 Forever Autumn 2007
20 Wetworld 2007
21 Wishing Well 2007
22 Peacemaker 2007
23 The Many Hands 2008
24 Martha in the Mirror 2008
25 Snowglobe 7 2008
26 Ghosts of India 2008
27 The Doctor Trap 2008
28 Shining Darkness 2008
29 The Story of Martha 2008
30 The Eyeless 2008
31 Prisoner of the Daleks 2009
32 Judgement of the Judoon 2009
33 The Slitheen Excursion 2009
34 The Taking of Chelsea 426 2009
35 Autonomy 2009
36 The Krillitane Storm 2009
37 The Glamour Chase 2010
38 Nuclear Time 2010
39 Apollo 23 2010
40 Night of the Monsters 2010
41 The Forgotten Army 2010
42 The King's Dragon 2010
43 Coming of the Terraphiles 2010
44 Dead of Winter 2011
45 The Way Through the Woods 2011
46 Hunter's Moon 2011
47 Touched by An Angel 2011
48 Paradox Lost 2011
49 Borrowed Time 2011
50 The Silent Stars Go By 2011
51 Dark Horizons 2012
52 The Dalek Generation 2013
53 Shroud of Sorrow 2013
54 Doctor Who: Plague of the Cybermen 2013
55 The Crawling Terror 2014
56 Silhouette 2014
57 Engines of War 2014
58 The Blood Cell 2014
59 Royal Blood 2015
60 Deep Time 2015
61 In the Blood 2016
62 The Shining Man 2017
63 Diamond Dogs 2017
64 Plague City 2017
65 The Good Doctor 2018
66 Molten Heart 2018
67 Combat Magicks 2018
68 At Childhood's End 2020
DS Heckenburg Books
# Title Year
1 Stalkers 2013
2 Sacrifice 2013
3 The Killing Club 2014
4 Dead Man Walking 2014
5 A Wanted Man 2015
6 Hunted 2015
7 Ashes to Ashes 2017
8 Kiss of Death 2018
Lucy Clayburn Books
# Title Year
1 Strangers 2016
2 Shadows 2017
3 Stolen 2019
Malory's Knights of Albion Books
# Title Year
1 The Black Chalice 2011
2 Dark North 2012
Terror Tales Books
# Title Year
1 Terror Tales of Cornwall 1970
2 Terror Tales of the Lake District 2011
3 Terror Tales of the Cotswolds 2012
4 Terror Tales of East Anglia 2012
5 Terror Tales of London 2013
6 Terror Tales of the Seaside 2013
7 Terror Tales of Wales 2014
8 Terror Tales of Yorkshire 2014
9 Terror Tales of the Scottish Highlands 2015
10 Terror Tales of the Ocean 2015
11 Terror Tales of North West England 2019
Tomes of the Dead Books
# Title Year
1 Tomes of the Dead: Anno Mortis 2008
2 I, Zombie 2008
3 Tomes of the Dead 2009
4 Tomes of the Dead: Hungry Hearts 2009
5 Stronghold 2010
6 Empire of Salt 2010
7 The Best of Tomes of the Dead Vol. 1. 2010
8 Best of the Tomes of the Dead Vol. 2 2011
9 Brain-Eating Britain: Three Bone-Crunching Tales of Zombies in Broken Britain 2013
10 The Lazarus Conundrum 2015
Zombie Apocalypse! Books
# Title Year
1 The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback 2012
2 Zombie Apocalypse! Horror Hospital 2014
3 Zombie Apocalypse! Washington Deceased 2014
4 Zombie Apocalypse! End Game 2014
5 Zombie Apocalypse! Acapulcalypse Now 2015
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 One Eye Open 2006
2 Stains 2007
3 Groaning Shadows 2009
4 Sparrowhawk 2010
5 Never Seen Again 2022
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 Cape Wrath 2003
2 Kid 2006
3 King Death 2011
4 The Chase 2014
5 Death’s Door 2018
6 The New Lad 2019
7 Season of Mist 2019
Short Story Collections
# Title Year
1 The Shadows Beneath 2000
2 After Shocks 2001
3 Darker Ages 2004
4 The Extremist and Other Tales of Conflict 2005
5 Walkers in the Dark 2010
6 One Monster Is Not Enough 2010
7 Medi Evil 1 2011
8 Medi Evil 2 2011
9 Medi Evil 3 2011
10 Enemies at the Door 2012
11 The Perfect Murder 2013
12 Don't Read Alone 2013
13 In a Deep, Dark December 2014
14 Major Craddock Investigates 2015
15 Cape Wrath and the Hellion 2015
16 Dark Winter Tales 2016
Counter-Measures Books (by with Guy Adams, with John Dorney, with Matt Fitton)
# Title Year
1 The New Counter-Measures: Series 1 2016
2 The New Counter-Measures: The Hollow King 2019
Paul Finch Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips 2001
2 The Book of More Flesh 2002
3 Beneath The Ground 2002
4 The Children of Cthulhu 2003
5 A Walk on the Darkside 2004
6 Darkness Rising 2005 2005
7 Fear Of The Unknown 2005
8 Choices 2006
9 New Writings in the Fantastic 2007
10 We Fade To Grey 2008
11 Best New Horror 20 2009
12 Dead Souls 2009
13 The Sixth Black Book of Horror 2010
14 Zombie Apocalypse! 2010
15 Full Fathom Forty 2011
16 Death Rattles 2011
17 Counter-Measures 2012
18 A Carnivàle of Horror 2012
19 The Mammoth Book of Sherlock Holmes Abroad 2015
20 2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories 2015
21 Haunts of Horror 2016
22 Sherlock Holmes's School for Detection 2017
23 Great British Horror 2: Dark Satanic Mills 2017
24 The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2 2020
25 Terror Tales of the Home Counties 2020
26 Criminal Pursuits 2021
27 Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands 2021
28 Terror Tales of the West Country 2022
29 Terror Tales of the Mediterranean 2023