Simon Kernick Explained

Simon Kernick (born February 1967 in Slough, Buckinghamshire) is a British thriller/crime writer now living in Oxfordshire with his two daughters.Kernick attended Gillotts School, a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Whilst he was a student his jobs included fruit-picker and Christmas-tree uprooter. He graduated from Brighton Polytechnic in 1991 with a degree in humanities.^[1]

His novel Relentless was recommended on Richard & Judy's Summer book club 2007.^[2] It was the 8th best-selling paperback, and the best-selling thriller in the UK in the same year.^[3]

Awards

Awards for Kernick's writing!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.

2003		Barry Award for Best British Crime	Finalist	^[4]
2004		Barry Award for Best British Crime	Finalist
2005		Barry Award for Best British Crime	Finalist
2005		Steel Dagger Award	Finalist
2006		Barry Award for Best British Crime	Finalist
2007	Relentless		Finalist
2015			Longlist	^[5]

Bibliography

• The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne 1) (2002) — (Bantam,)
• The Murder Exchange (2003) — (Bantam,)
• The Crime Trade (Tina Boyd 1) (2004) — (Bantam,)
• A Good Day To Die (Dennis Milne 2) (2005) — (Bantam,)
• Relentless (Tina Boyd 2, Mike Bolt 1) (2006) — (Bantam,)
• Severed (Mike Bolt 2) (2007) — (Bantam,)
• Deadline (Tina Boyd 3) (2008)
• Target (Tina Boyd 4, Mike Bolt 3) (2009)
• The Last 10 Seconds (Tina Boyd 5, Mike Bolt 4) (2010)
• The Payback (Dennis Milne 3, Tina Boyd 6) (2011)
• Siege(Scope 1, plus Tina Boyd) (2012)
• Wrong Time, Wrong Place (2013, February)
• Ultimatum (Tina Boyd 7, Mike Bolt 5) (2013, June)
• Stay Alive (Mike Bolt 6, Scope 2) (2014)
• The Final Minute (Tina Boyd 8) (2015, January)

• The Witness (DI Ray Mason 1) (2016, January)
• The Bone Field (DI Ray Mason 2, Tina Boyd 9) (2017, January). Son 48 saat
• The Hanged Man (DI Ray Mason 3, Tina Boyd 10) (2018, January)
• Dead Mans Gift & Other Stories (2018, July)
• We Can See You (2018, November)
• Die Alone (DI Ray Mason 4, Tina Boyd 11, Mike Bolt 7) (2019, November)
• Kill A Stranger (2020)
• Good Cop Bad Cop (2021)

External links

• • Simon Kernick bibliography on Internet Book List

Notes and References

1. http://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels3/kernick.htm Simon Kernick
2. Web site: Explore . Channel 4 . 2012-02-25.
3. Web site: authonomy writing community - Helping writers get published . Bookarmy.com . 2012-02-25.
4. Web site: Simon Kernick . 2023-03-04 . Stop, You're Killing Me!.
5. Web site: May 13, 2015 . Awards: CWA Dagger in the Library . 2023-03-04 . Shelf Awareness.