Simon Kurt Unsworth

Simon Kurt Unsworth (born 1972) is a British writer of supernatural fiction. Unsworth was born in Manchester, England. He grew up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. ^[1] He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the University of Dundee where he received a Master of Arts degree in Psychology (Hons).

Unsworth's first novel is called The Devil's Detective and Unsworth's most recent novel is The Devil's Evidence, a horror novel set in Hell. ^[2] James Lovegrove, in a review for the Financial Times , called the novel "an entertaining Dantean spin on the police procedural...The Devil's Detective is damned good". ^[2]

Works

Books

• At Ease with the Dead: New Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre, (with others) Ash-Tree Press, 2007. ASIN   B000VGTJ0K.
• Creature Feature (with Guy N. Smith and William Meikle), Ghostwriter Publications, 2009. ISBN   1-907190-07-4.
• The Devil's Detective : A Novel. New York : Doubleday, 2015. ISBN   9780385539340
• The Devil's Evidence : A Novel. New York : Doubleday, 2016. ISBN   9780385539364

Collections

• Lost Places. Ash-Tree Press, 2010. ISBN   9781553101192
• Quiet Houses. Dark Continents, 2011. ISBN   9780983624516
• Strange Gateways. PS Publishing, 2014. ISBN   9781848637269
• The Martledge Variations. Black Shuck Books, 2018. ISBN   9781720995500
• Uneasy Beginnings. With Simon Kurt Unsworth. Black Shuck Books, 2020. ISBN   9781913038502

Awards

• 2008 - World Fantasy Award nomination for best short story for "The Church on the Island" ^[3]

References

1. "Chorlton Book Festival". Libraries. Manchester City Council. Simon Unsworth. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
2. ‘The Devil’s Detective’, by Simon Kurt Unsworth Financial Times, 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
3. World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees" . Retrieved 4 February 2011.

External links

• Official website