James Cooray Smith

James Edward Cooray Smith^[1] (born in Solihull in 1978, a former resident of Studley and current resident of Highgate, London) is a British writer and critic best known for writing film and television criticism and directorial critical biographies - including studies of George Lucas, Tim Burton and Quentin Tarantino - and for his culture column for The New Statesman. A graduate of University College London, he has also co-written audio plays for the Doctor Who/Blake's 7 spin off Kaldor City, including the series premiere, and contributed to numerous film and science fiction magazines. Asked about his habit of co-writing with a variety of people Cooray Smith commented - "I've written things with a lot of different people, partially because I'm a great believer in third brain theory, and partially as a series of attempts to disguise my own lack of talent!"^[2]

Bibliography

New Statesman Columns

http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/321282

Non-Fiction Books

• The Life and Trials of Ally McBeal (2000) (with Mark Clapham)
• Manhattan Dating Game: Sex and the City (2002)
• Tim Burton (2002) (with J Clive Matthews)
• Bond Films (2003) (with Stephen Lavington)
• George Lucas (2003)
• Gangster Films (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Books, the Films, the Radio Series (2005)(with J Clive Matthews)
• Quentin Tarantino (2005)
• Who's Next? A Guide To Broadcast Doctor Who (2005) (with Mark Clapham and Eddie Robson)
• The Black Archive #2: The Massacre (2015)

Short fiction

• "A Gallery of Pigeons"' (2009) in Secret Histories
• "'Excalibur of Mars" (2009) in Present Danger
• "The Found World" (2010), in Miss Wildthyme and Friends Investigate

Radio and audio work

That Mitchell and Webb Sound

Series Four (2009) (sketch writer)

Bernice Summerfield

• The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (2008)

Kaldor City

• Occam's Razor (2000) (with Alan Stevens)
• Hidden Persuaders (2003) (with Fiona Moore)

Doctor Who DVD Production History Notes

• The Twin Dilemma (2009)
• The Space Museum (2010)
• Underworld (Doctor Who) (2010)
• Kinda (2011)
• Snakedance (2011)
• The Ark (Doctor Who) (2011)
• The Sun Makers (2011)

References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/thejimsmith/status/510327058149675009
2. ↑ "A Day in Kaldor City: 8 August 2002". Retrieved 2008-10-20. 

External links

• Steven Poole's 'Non Fiction Choice' Review of 'Tim Burton' from 'The Guardian'
• Shiny Shelf website (No Longer Updated)
• Kaldor City website
• Jim Smith at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database