Barry Hutchison is a children's author, screenwriter, and director from Scotland.
He wrote children's novels for Egmont Press under their 2Heads imprint, including books for the Beastly, Ben 10, and Ben 10: Alien Force series, and signed a six-book contract with HarperCollins in 2008.
In 2013, Hutchison wrote 36 episodes of Bottom Knocker Street, a CITV comedy starring comedian Phill Jupitus.
[1] Since 2019 Hutchison has been releasing Scottish crime novels under the pen name JD Kirk.
[2] He lives in Fort William in the Highlands with his wife, Fiona, and their two children.