Simon Lelic

Simon Lelic (/ˈlɛlɪtʃ/ LELL-itch[1]) is a British novelist, writing mysteries or thrillers.

Simon Lelic
BornSimon Lelic
1976
Brighton, England
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Exeter
Period2010 –
Genrecrime fiction, thrillers
Children3
Website
www.simonlelic.com

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