From the back of the book Crooked World:

Steve Lyons was born and lives in Salford, near Manchester.  He has contributed articles, interviews, short stories and comic strips to many magazines, including Doctor Who Magazine, Starburst, SFX and Dreamwatch.  He has also written X-Men novels, Doctor Who audio plays and books about several TV series, including Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Encyclopedia.  He can hardly believe he's typing this, but Crooked World is his tenth Doctor Who novel!  His favourite cartoon is Scooby-Doo - but then, if you've read this far, you already knew that.