Simon Haynes
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Simon Haynes was born in 1967 in Kent, England and at the age of eight emigrated to Alicante, Spain. In 1983 his family emigrated to Perth, Western Australia, where Simon has lived to this day.
Graduating from Curtin University in 1988 with a degree in film and creative writing, he went to work in the computing industry. Ten years later he was writing fiction, and so returned to Curtin to study computing. An early version of Hal Spacejock was written during the lectures.
A regular visitor to science fiction and fantasy conventions, Simon is a founding member of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. His fiction has appeared in several Australian genre magazines[citation needed] and his humorous SF story 'Sleight of Hand' won the 2002 Aurealis Award for horror.
[edit] Works
Simon Haynes is the author of the Hal Spacejock series of humorous SF novels.
He has written the following books:
- Hal Spacejock Fremantle Arts Centre Press Sept 2005
- Hal Spacejock Second Course Fremantle Arts Centre Press Mar 2006
Forthcoming:
- Hal Spacejock Just Desserts Fremantle Arts Centre Press Jan 2007
[edit] Other
Simon Haynes is also the author of several free software programs for writers, including yWriter[citation needed].
