Chris Simms
BIOGRAPHY
Chris Simms is tipped as ’a name to watch’and ’a soon to be star of the crime fiction world’. His debut thriller, ’Outside the White Lines’ was described by City Life as ’one of the most promising debuts in crime for some time’. His follow up, ’Pecking Order’, was described as ’an ingeniously plotted psychological thriller’ by Ottakar’s and ’a thought provoking novel (which) builds towards an edge of the seat finale’ by The Bookseller.
Chris’ third novel, ’Killing the Beasts’ introduces the Manchester based policeman, DI Jon Spicer. Set during the Commonwealth Games, it is every bit as dark and compelling as his previous two. Chris has given talks to various library reading groups in the Stockport area.
WEBSITE
GENRE
Crime / Psychological Thrillers
PUBLICATIONS | PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Outside the White Lines (Random House)
Pecking Order (Random House)
Killing the Beasts (Orion)
Baba’s Bites (Short story in a forthcoming Crime Writer’s Association anthology.)
WORKSHOP | READINGS EXPERIENCE","REFERENCE/S
Appearances at reading groups, crime festivals and the 2004 and 2005 Stockport Writer’s Day.
REFERENCE/S
Emma Goldspink,133 Longhurst Lane, Mellor SK6 5PG
GROUP SIZE PREFERENCE
None
GROUP AGE PREFERENCE
Any
WORKING LANGUAGE/S
English
AREA/S PREPARED TO TRAVEL
Greater Manchester, Cheshire
OTHER INFORMATION
Saturday appearances can be problematic during the rugby season.
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