Simon Cheshire

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Simon Cheshire (born 1 June 1964) is a British writer of children's literature, often in the genres of mystery and science fiction. [1] He has over 70 published works include the Saxby Smart detective series and the SWARM techno-spy series. His first book, published in 1997, was Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service. Many of his books are for the 8 to 12 age range but some, such as the romantic comedy Plastic Fantastic, are for teens, while the horror novel Flesh and Blood is for older teens and adults. In 2020, he left the children's market and now writes historical/ horror novels under the pen name Richard Gadz.

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Biography

Simon Cheshire was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. At the time, his father was a bus driver and his mother an office cleaner. He gained a degree in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Hull. He is married, has a son and a daughter, and lives in Warwick. [2]

Books

Jeremy Brown

The Jeremy Brown series focus on the homonymous character, a schoolboy who is secretly an MI7 agent, and his fierce sidekick, Patsy Spudd. [3]

  1. Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service (1997)
  2. Jeremy Brown and the Mummy's Curse (1998)
  3. Jeremy Brown on Mars (1998)
  4. Jeremy Brown: Spy (omnibus) (2010)

Saxby Smart: private detective

Saxby Smart is a schoolkid private detective who works out of his garden shed solving mysteries brought to him by the children of the neighbourhood. As with the Encyclopedia Brown series, the books are divided into a number of cases and the reader is encouraged to solve the mysteries alongside the detective. [4] [5]

  1. The Curse of the Ancient Mask (2007)
  2. The Fangs of the Dragon (2008)
  3. The Pirate's Blood (2008)
  4. The Hangman's Lair (2008)
  5. The Eye of the Serpent (2009)
  6. Five Seconds to Doomsday (2009)
  7. The Poisoned Arrow (2009)
  8. The Treasure of Dead Man's Lane (2010 - U.S. retitle of The Fangs of the Dragon)
  9. The Secret of the Skull (2010)
  10. Saxby Smart's Detective Handbook (2010 - Non-fiction)

SWARM

The SWARM are intelligent robotic bugs who work with their human teammates to gather information and avert potential disasters. [6]

  1. Operation Sting (2014)
  2. Project Venom (2014)
  3. Code Name Firestorm (2015)
  4. Target Silverclaw (2015)

Non-fiction

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References

  1. ↑ "Simon Cheshire". www.fantasticfiction.com.
  2. ↑ "Q&A with Simon Cheshire". BookBabblers. 4 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service (Jeremy Brown) by Simon Cheshire". www.fantasticfiction.com.
  4. ↑ Summary of The Curse of the Ancient Mask from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books , Volume 62, Number 9, May 2009
  5. ↑ "Series". US Macmillan.
  6. ↑ "Operation Sting (Swarm, book 1) by Simon Cheshire". www.fantasticfiction.com.
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