Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick (born 25 January 1966 in Slough, Berkshire) is a British thriller/crime writer now living in Oxfordshire with his two daughters Amy and Rachel. Kernick attended Gillotts School, a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. At this youthful age, Kernick already made little books about cowboys and Indians with his artist friend Patrick Palmer.[1] 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.[2]

Kernick had a passion for crime fiction writing from a young age and produced many short stories during his time at polytechnic. After graduating Kernick joined MMT Computing in London in early 1992, where a relative was the Chairman and Managing Director. He left the company after four years in the hope of trying to secure a publishing deal. Despite interest from a number of publishers Kernick was unable to secure a deal, so he joined the sales force of the specialist IT and Business Consultancy Metaskil plc in Aldermaston, Berkshire in 1998 where he remained until he secured his first book deal The Business of Dying in September 2001.

His novel Relentless was recommended on Richard & Judy's Summer book club 2007.[3] It was the 8th best-selling paperback, and the best-selling thriller in the UK in the same year.[4]

Bibliography

  • The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne 1) (2002) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-04978-0)
  • The Murder Exchange (2003) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-04979-9)
  • The Crime Trade (Tina Boyd 1) (2004) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-05135-1)
  • A Good Day To Die (Dennis Milne 2) (2005) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-05146-7)
  • Relentless (Tina Boyd 2, Mike Bolt 1) (2006) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-05471-7)
  • Severed (Mike Bolt 2)(2007) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-05473-3)
  • 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 (2014) (Mike Bolt 6, Scope 2)
  • 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)
  • The Hanged Man (DI Ray Mason 3, Tina Boyd 10) (2018, January)

References

  1. ↑ "From Hazy Planes and Burning Bodies: The Art of Patrick Palmer". Shayan Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn. Art Aesthetics. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  2. ↑ Simon Kernick
  3. ↑ "Explore". Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  4. ↑ "authonomy writing community - Helping writers get published". Bookarmy.com. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
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