| Simon Haynes | |
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| Born | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 2000–present |
| Genres | Speculative fiction |
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www.spacejock.com.au |
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Simon Haynes is an Australian writer of speculative fiction novels and short stories.
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Haynes was born in the United Kingdom and raised in the south of Spain. In 1983 he emigrated to Australia with his family. Haynes also writes computer software between writing fiction and is a founding member of the Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine.[1] Haynes' first work was published in 2000 with his short story "False Alarm" which was featured in issue 27 of Antipodean SF.[2] In 2001 Haynes' short story "Sleight of Hand" won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best horror short story beating work by Stephen Dedman, Robert Hood, Alison Venugoban, Rick Kennett and Paul Collins.[3] In 2008 his fourth novel in the Hal Spacejock series, No Free Lunch, was nominated for the Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel and the 2009 Ditmar Award for best novel.[4][5] Haynes currently lives in Perth with his wife and two children.[1]
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result |
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| 2001 | Aurealis Award | "Sleight of Hand" | Best horror short story | Won[3] |
| 2008 | Aurealis Award | Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch | Best science fiction novel | Nomination[4] |
| 2009 | Ditmar Award | Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch | Best novel | Nomination[5] |