Simon Cheshire
Simon Cheshire (born 1 June 1954) is a British writer of children's literature, often in the genres of mystery and science fiction.[1] His many 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 Plastic Fantastic, are for young teens, while Flesh and Blood is for older teens.[2][3]
Biography
Simon Cheshire was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and educated at Arnold Lodge School and Warwick School. He has a Ph.D in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Hull.
He lives in Warwick with his wife and family.
Books
- They Melted His Brain! (1999)
- Totally Unsuitable for Children (2000)
- Dirty Rotten Tricks (2000) (reissued as Bottomby in 2010)
- Kissing Vanessa (2003)
- Plastic Fantastic (2004)
- The Prince and the Snowgirl (2006)
- Pants on Fire (2010)
- The Book of the Nearly Dead (2010)
- Me and My Big Mouse (2011)
- Deadline (2011)
- The Frightfuls (2011)
- Sam's Home-Made Brain Scrambler (2012)
- The Frankenstein Inheritance (2012)
- Airlock (2014)
- Underworld (2014)
- Flesh and Blood (2015)
Jeremy Brown
Jeremy Brown, though apparently a scruffy schoolboy, is an MI7 agent in disguise, who gets involved in outlandish adventures with his fierce sidekick, Patsy Spudd.[4]
- Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service (1997)
- Jeremy Brown and the Mummy's Curse (1998)
- Jeremy Brown on Mars (1998)
- Jeremy Brown: Spy (omnibus) (2010)
Saxby Smart: Private Detective
Saxby Smart is a ten-year-old 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.[5][6]
- The Curse of the Ancient Mask (2007)
- The Fangs of the Dragon (2008)
- The Pirate's Blood (2008)
- The Hangman's Lair (2008)
- The Eye of the Serpent (2009)
- Five Seconds to Doomsday (2009)
- The Poisoned Arrow (2009)
- The Treasure of Dead Mans Lane (2010)
- The Secret of the Skull (2010)
- Saxby Smart's Detective Handbook (2010)
SWARM
The SWARM are intelligent robotic bugs who work with their human teammates to gather information and avert potential disasters.[7]
- Operation Sting (2014)
- Project Venom (2014)
- Code Name Firestorm (2015)
- Target Silverclaw (2015)
Non-fiction
- You've Got to Read This: A Beginner's Guide to Great Writers and the History of Books (2011)
- How to Write a Story (2014)
References
- ↑ Simon Cheshire at Fantastic Fiction
- ↑ Three Teen Comedies
- ↑ Flesh and Blood
- ↑ Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service at Fantastic Fiction
- ↑ Summary of The Curse of the Ancient Mask from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Volume 62, Number 9, May 2009
- ↑ Saxby Smart series — US edition — at Macmillan
- ↑ Operation Sting at Fantastic Fiction
External links
- Official website
- Writing for Children with Simon Cheshire: An Interview on YouTube
- Q&A with Simon Cheshire
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