Simon Kurt Unsworth Explained

Simon Kurt Unsworth (born 1972) is a British writer of supernatural fiction. Unsworth was born in Manchester, England. He grew up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.^[1] He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the University of Dundee where he received a Master of Arts degree in Psychology (Hons).

Unsworth's first novel is called The Devil's Detective and Unsworth's most recent novel is The Devil's Evidence, a horror novel set in Hell.^[2] James Lovegrove, in a review for the Financial Times, called the novel "an entertaining Dantean spin on the police procedural...The Devil's Detective is damned good".

Works

Books

• At Ease with the Dead: New Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre, (with others) Ash-Tree Press, 2007. .
• Creature Feature (with Guy N. Smith and William Meikle), Ghostwriter Publications, 2009. .
• The Devil's Detective : A Novel. New York : Doubleday, 2015.
• The Devil's Evidence : A Novel. New York : Doubleday, 2016.

Collections

• Lost Places. Ash-Tree Press, 2010.
• Quiet Houses. Dark Continents, 2011.
• Strange Gateways. PS Publishing, 2014.
• The Martledge Variations. Black Shuck Books, 2018.
• Uneasy Beginnings. With Simon Kurt Unsworth. Black Shuck Books, 2020.

Awards

• 2008 - World Fantasy Award nomination for best short story for "The Church on the Island"^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chorlton Book Festival . Simon Unsworth . Libraries . Manchester City Council . 12 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005005459/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/chorltonbookfestival . 5 October 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
2. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cb7e664-b697-11e4-95dc-00144feab7de.html#axzz3p2rrpo1H ‘The Devil’s Detective’, by Simon Kurt Unsworth
3. Web site: World Fantasy Convention. 2010. Award Winners and Nominees. 4 Feb 2011.