Chasing the Dream: An Autobiography

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A former Barrister, Shaun has worked a diverse career and is now a popular choice to make a celebrity personal appearance at events. Making his mark on the quiz show scene in 2004, Shaun won the elite programme ‘Mastermind’ before going on to reach the finals of the equally challenging ‘ Are You an Egg Head?

He uses his platform as a celebrity to support Black History Month, making a string of appearances and interviews particularly on ITV's Good Morning Britain to further the narrative of diversity and togetherness. Shaun catapulted to national prominence and recognition when, on the 5 th December 2004, he became the first black person to win the BBC’s renowned Mastermind. In 2004, Wallace became a champion of the BBC general knowledge quiz, Mastermind, which also tests a contestant's aptitude on a subject of their choice. He delivers talks to young people in school to promote awareness of black history and empower them to further progress in the future.Diversity continues to be an imperative topic of conversation in business, with few communicating the importance of inclusion quite as powerfully as Shaun. Wallace was twice-nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 2003 and 2004 for editing Prime Books, in the Special Award: Non-Professional and Special Award: Professional categories. Howard Stiles on Crossing Jordan, Arnie Ross on Taxi, Charles Lester on both The Good Wife and The Good Fight, and a reprisal of his role as Mr. He is best known for his film roles in My Dinner with Andre (1981), The Princess Bride (1987), and Clueless (1995). He was inspiring, knowledgeable and spoke many truths about the history and current position of people of colour in the UK.

Hailed as one of the best brains in Britain, Shaun Wallace has taken the intelligence-based game show circuit by storm. Shaun catapulted to national prominence and recognition when, on the 5th December 2004, he became the first black person to win the BBCs renowned Mastermind. In 2011 he served as a World Fantasy Awards judge and in the same year he launched the World SF Travel Fund with Lavie Tidhar.

In a conversation with Andre Gregory, parts of which were used to create My Dinner with Andre, Shawn said these plays depicted "my interior life as a raging beast. Famed TV personality, Shaun Wallace is widely known for his impeccable general knowledge, having appeared as The Dark Destroyer on ITV’s The Chase. He is a member of the Jamaican Bar since 1999 and also a member of the southeastern circuit of the Criminal Bar Association. In 1999, the Cosmos Books name was licensed to Wildside Press and output greatly increased, expanding with American and Australian authors.

His rare non-comedic film roles include two collaborations with Andre Gregory and Louis Malle: the semi-autobiographical dialogue My Dinner with Andre, and a combined production-and-backstage-drama of Uncle Vanya titled Vanya on 42nd Street. He certainly has lots of fans in Leeds and we can't wait to invite him for an in person session soon! Shaun catapulted to national prominence and recognition when, on the 5th December 2004, he became the first black person to win the BBC's renowned Mastermind.

Joining colleagues on a picket line outside the Supreme Court in London, Wallace said that legal aid fees should be increased to encourage young people and those from a diversity of backgrounds to become barristers. Shawn has also written political commentary for The Nation, and in 2004 he published the one-issue-only progressive political magazine Final Edition, which featured interviews with and articles by Jonathan Schell, Noam Chomsky, Mark Strand and Deborah Eisenberg.

Shaun Wallace is also popular by the names like The Dark Destroyer (UK), The Legal Eagle, The Barrister, The Destroyer (Australia) and Grumpy Jaws. Most recently, Shaun has starred on Beat the Chasers, a spin-off of The Chase that sees contestants go head to head with a collection of the Chasers.Shaun has also regularly appeared on British television quiz shows such as Fifteen-To-One, The Weakest Link, Greed, and Are You an Egghead? Around this time, he felt that there was a lack of short fiction available in the literary fantasy genre and to cater to this, he launched Fantasy Magazine in 2005, at the World Fantasy Convention in Wisconsin.