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14 Facts About Lars Pearson

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Lars Pearson is co-author, with Lance Parkin, of "Ahistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe," which puts every Doctor Who-related story onto a single timeline from the beginning of the universe to its end.

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Lars Pearson's writing career started as an editor for a newspaper then moved to magazines.

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Lars Pearson attained a position with Wizard Entertainment as the price guide editor for the magazine Wizard: The Comics Magazine, a magazine about comic books.

4.

Lars Pearson later worked for collectables magazines including ToyFare about collectible action figures and InQuest Gamer, a magazine devoted to collectible card games.

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Lars Pearson later moved into writing guide books for television shows.

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Lars Pearson wrote Redeemed: The Unauthorized Guide to Angel, a guide book about the television series Angel.

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Many of the books Lars Pearson writes are unauthorized, meaning they are not approved by the companies that produce the shows and cannot include their pictures.

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Lars Pearson started his own publishing business, Mad Norwegian Press in 2001.

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Lars Pearson became a fan of Doctor Who when he saw it broadcast on Iowa's public television station IPTV.

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Lars Pearson uses the books to provide insight into the TV series as well as facts.

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Lars Pearson has written 12 books on the television series Doctor Who and is considered an expert on the show.

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Lars Pearson is often a featured speaker at Doctor Who festivals and appears at many major science fiction conventions.

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Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, a book in which Lars Pearson served as publisher, won a 2011 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.

14.

Lars Pearson is a resident of Des Moines, Iowa and is married to Christa Dickson.