Simon Lelic Explained

Simon Lelic
Birth Name:Simon Lelic
Birth Date:1976
Birth Place:Brighton, England
Occupation:Novelist
Education:University of Exeter
Period:2010 – present
Genre:Crime fiction, thrillers
Children:3
Language:English

Simon Lelic ([1]) is a British novelist of mysteries and thrillers.

Life and career

Lelic was born in 1976 in Brighton. He studied history at the University of Exeter and then took a post-graduate course in Journalism. He worked as a freelancer and in business-to-business publishing before becoming a novelist, and has also owned an import/export company.[2]

His first novel, Rupture (2010) won a Betty Trask Award in 2011.[3] He has also written the Haven series of young adult thrillers; the first book, The Haven, was published in 2019.[4]

Published works

Haven

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Simon Lelic at Goldsboro Books . Goldsboro Books . YouTube. 18 January 2010.
  2. Web site: Simon. Lelic. About. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031180222/http://www.simonlelic.com/about . 31 October 2010 .
  3. Web site: Previous winners of the Betty Trask Prize and Awards . The Society of Authors . 9 June 2022 .
  4. Web site: Jill . Murphy . The Haven: Book 1 by Simon Lelic . review . The Bookbag . February 2019 .
  5. News: Cathi . Unsworth . Rupture by Simon Lelic – review . The Guardian. 10 December 2010 .
  6. Lois . Wilmoth-Bennett . A Thousand Cuts: A Novel . review . New York Journal of Books . 24 January 2011 .
  7. News: Edmund . Gordon . The Facility by Simon Lelic – review . The Guardian. 22 January 2011 .
  8. Web site: Robin . Leggett . The Child Who by Simon Lelic . review . The Bookbag . January 2012 .
  9. Web site: Lesley . Mason . The House by Simon Lelic . review . The Bookbag . November 2017 .
  10. Web site: The New Neighbors – Simon Lelic . review . Publishers Weekly . 2018 .
  11. Web site: Kristin . Centorcelli . Book Review: The Liar's Room by Simon Lelic . Criminal Element . 25 January 2019 .
  12. Web site: Barbara Lipkien . Gershenbaum . The Search Party by Simon Lelic . Book Reporter . 21 August 2020 .
  13. Web site: The Hiding Place – Simon Lelic . Penguin UK . 9 June 2022 .