Nationality British Education Newcastle University Role Author | Name Chris Simms Genre Crime fiction | |
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Occupation Crime Novelist, Copywriter Subject Crime, thriller, horror Nominations Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, Dagger in the Library Books Killing the Beasts, Shifting Skin, Savage Moon, Outside the White Lines, Cut Adrift | ||
Chris Simms(Born in 1969, Horsham, West Sussex) is a British author of crime novels, he graduated from Newcastle University before travelling around the world. He then moved to Manchester in 1994 where he began writing. He is married with four children and lives in Stockport and as well as being the author of a number of works he is also a freelance copywriter.
Awards and acknowledgements
Speaking in the Literary Review, Jessica Mann said Simms was one to watch after his debut novel.
His second novel Pecking Order was selected as a Best British Crime Novel by Deadly Pleasures magazine.
Killing the Beasts was named Best Crime Book for 2005 by Shots magazine.
In 2007, Simms was selected as a ‘Waterstone’s Author for the Future’.
Savage Moon was shortlisted for the 2009 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
Manchester Confidential described Simms' writing as ‘thoughtful and exciting crime fiction at its best’.
He has also been described as "one of the best of the new generation" by The Guardian.