Simon Kernick (born February 1967 in Slough, Buckinghamshire) is a British thriller/crime writer now living in Oxfordshire with his two daughters. Kernick attended Gillotts School, a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 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.[1]
His novel Relentless was recommended on Richard & Judy's Summer book club 2007.[2] It was the 8th best-selling paperback, and the best-selling thriller in the UK in the same year.[3]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Business of Dying | Barry Award for Best British Crime | Finalist | [4] |
| 2004 | The Murder Exchange | Barry Award for Best British Crime | Finalist | [4] |
| 2005 | The Crime Trade | Barry Award for Best British Crime | Finalist | [4] |
| 2005 | A Good Day To Die | Steel Dagger Award | Finalist | [4] |
| 2006 | A Good Day To Die | Barry Award for Best British Crime | Finalist | [4] |
| 2007 | Relentless | Barry Award for Best Thriller | Finalist | [4] |
| 2015 | Dagger in the Library | Longlist | [5] |
Bibliography
[edit]- 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 (Mike Bolt 6, Scope 2) (2014)
- 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)
- Dead Mans Gift & Other Stories (2018, July)
- We Can See You (2018, November)
- Die Alone (DI Ray Mason 4, Tina Boyd 11, Mike Bolt 7) (2019, November)
- Kill A Stranger (2020)
- Good Cop Bad Cop (2021)
References
[edit]- ^ Simon Kernick
- ^ "Explore". Channel 4. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "authonomy writing community - Helping writers get published". Bookarmy.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Simon Kernick". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Awards: CWA Dagger in the Library". Shelf Awareness. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Simon Kernick bibliography on Internet Book List
