Simon Morden | |
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| Born | England |
| Education | BSc (Sheffield), PhD (Newcastle) |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Notable works | Metrozone series (aka The Samuil Petrovitch series) |
| Notable awards | Philip K. Dick Award (2011) [1] |
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Simon Morden is a British science fiction author, best known for his Philip K. Dick Award-winning Metrozone series of novels set in post-apocalyptic London.
Morden was educated as a scientist, attaining a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Sheffield and his PhD in Geophysics from Newcastle University. [2] [3]
Morden has worked in a variety of roles including a school caretaker, an admin assistant, a personal assistant to a financial advisor and is currently a teaching assistant for a design technology class at a primary school in Gateshead. [4] [2] In terms of his writing career, Morden is the former editor of Focus magazine; he has been on the Arthur C. Clarke Award judging panel; and he's a regular speaker on Christian matters in fiction at the Greenbelt Festival. [4] [3] [5] Morden identifies as a Christian. [6]
Morden first achieved success as a writer when his novel Heart was published by Razorblade Press in 2002.
His writing influences include Charles Stross, Ray Bradbury, Julian May, and Michael Marshall Smith [4]
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