Simon Lelic
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Born | Simon Lelic 1976 Brighton, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | University of Exeter |
Period | 2010 – |
Genre | crime fiction, thrillers |
Children | 3 |
Website | |
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Simon Lelic (/ˈlɛlɪtʃ/ LELL-itch[1]) is a British novelist, writing mysteries or thrillers.
Life and career[edit]
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, The 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[edit]
- Rupture (US: A Thousand Cuts) (Picador/Viking, 2010)[5][6]
- The Facility (Mantle, 2011)[7]
- The Child Who (Mantle, 2012)[8]
- The House (US: The New Neighbors) (Berkley, 2017)[9][10]
- The Liar's Room (Berkley, 2019)[11]
- The Search Party (Berkley, 2020)[12]
- The Hiding Place (Penguin, 2022)[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "Simon Lelic at Goldsboro Books". Goldsboro Books. 18 January 2010 – via YouTube.
- ^ Lelic, Simon. "About". Archived from the original on 31 October 2010.
- ^ "Previous winners of the Betty Trask Prize and Awards". The Society of Authors. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Murphy, Jill (February 2019). "The Haven: Book 1 by Simon Lelic". The Bookbag (review).
- ^ Unsworth, Cathi (10 December 2010). "Rupture by Simon Lelic – review". The Guardian.
- ^ Wilmoth-Bennett, Lois (24 January 2011). "A Thousand Cuts: A Novel". New York Journal of Books (review).
- ^ Gordon, Edmund (22 January 2011). "The Facility by Simon Lelic – review". The Guardian.
- ^ Leggett, Robin (January 2012). "The Child Who by Simon Lelic". The Bookbag (review).
- ^ Mason, Lesley (November 2017). "The House by Simon Lelic". The Bookbag (review).
- ^ "The New Neighbors – Simon Lelic". Publishers Weekly (review). 2018.
- ^ Centorcelli, Kristin (25 January 2019). "Book Review: The Liar's Room by Simon Lelic". Criminal Element.
- ^ Gershenbaum, Barbara Lipkien (21 August 2020). "The Search Party by Simon Lelic". Book Reporter.
- ^ "The Hiding Place – Simon Lelic". Penguin UK. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Books by Simon Lelic at Publishers Weekly