Paul Cornell

Paul Douglas Cornell is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield. Other British television dramas for which he has written include Robin Hood, Primeval, Casualty, Holby City, and Coronation Street. For US television, he has contributed an episode to the modern-day set Sherlock Holmes series Elementary.

Cornell has also worked for every major comics company, including his creator-owned series I Walk With Monsters for The Vault, The Modern Frankenstein for Magma, Saucer Country for Vertigo, and This Damned Band for Dark Horse, and runs for Marvel and DC on Batman and Robin, Wolverine and Young Avengers. He’s won the BSFA Award for his short fiction and an Eagle Award for his comics.