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Simon Kernick

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{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}{{Short description|British thriller/crime writer}}

Simon Kernick (born February 1967 in Slough, Buckinghamshire) is a British thriller/crime writer now living in Oxfordshire with his two daughters.

Kernick attended Gillotts School, a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Whilst he was a student his jobs included fruit-picker and Christmas-tree uprooter. He graduated from Brighton Polytechnic in 1991 with a degree in humanities.[https://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels3/kernick.htm Simon Kernick]

His novel Relentless was recommended on Richard & Judy's Summer book club 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/R/richardandjudy/summer_read_07/summer_read.html |title=Explore |publisher=Channel 4 |date= |accessdate=2012-02-25}} It was the 8th best-selling paperback, and the best-selling thriller in the UK in the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.bookarmy.com/Authors/Simon_Kernick_Writer.aspx |title=authonomy writing community - Helping writers get published |publisher=Bookarmy.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-25}}

Awards

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2003

|{{Sortname|The|Business of Dying}}

|Barry Award for Best British Crime

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Simon Kernick |url=https://stopyourekillingme.com/K_Authors/Kernick_Simon.html |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=Stop, You're Killing Me!}}

2004

|{{Sortname|The|Murder Exchange|nolink=1}}

|Barry Award for Best British Crime

|Finalist

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2005

|{{Sortname|The|Crime Trade|nolink=1}}

|Barry Award for Best British Crime

|Finalist

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2005

|{{Sortname|A|Good Day To Die|nolink=1}}

|Steel Dagger Award

|Finalist

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2006

|{{Sortname|A|Good Day To Die|nolink=1}}

|Barry Award for Best British Crime

|Finalist

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2007

|Relentless

|Barry Award for Best Thriller

|Finalist

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2015

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|Dagger in the Library

|Longlist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 13, 2015 |title=Awards: CWA Dagger in the Library |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2506 |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

Bibliography

  • The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne 1) (2002) — (Bantam, {{ISBN|0-593-04978-0}})
  • The Murder Exchange (2003) — (Bantam, {{ISBN|0-593-04979-9}})
  • The Crime Trade (Tina Boyd 1) (2004) — (Bantam, {{ISBN|0-593-05135-1}})
  • A Good Day To Die (Dennis Milne 2) (2005) — (Bantam, {{ISBN|0-593-05146-7}})
  • Relentless (Tina Boyd 2, Mike Bolt 1) (2006) — (Bantam, {{ISBN|0-593-05471-7}})
  • Severed (Mike Bolt 2) (2007) — (Bantam, {{ISBN|0-593-05473-3}})
  • Deadline (Tina Boyd 3) (2008)
  • Target (Tina Boyd 4, Mike Bolt 3) (2009)
  • The Last 10 Seconds (Tina Boyd 5, Mike Bolt 4) (2010)
  • The Payback (Dennis Milne 3, Tina Boyd 6) (2011)
  • Siege(Scope 1, plus Tina Boyd) (2012)
  • Wrong Time, Wrong Place (2013, February)
  • Ultimatum (Tina Boyd 7, Mike Bolt 5) (2013, June)
  • Stay Alive (Mike Bolt 6, Scope 2) (2014)
  • The Final Minute (Tina Boyd 8) (2015, January)
  • The Witness (DI Ray Mason 1) (2016, January)
  • The Bone Field (DI Ray Mason 2, Tina Boyd 9) (2017, January)
  • The Hanged Man (DI Ray Mason 3, Tina Boyd 10) (2018, January)
  • Dead Mans Gift & Other Stories (2018, July)
  • We Can See You (2018, November)
  • Die Alone (DI Ray Mason 4, Tina Boyd 11, Mike Bolt 7) (2019, November)
  • Kill A Stranger (2020)
  • Good Cop Bad Cop (2021)

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.simonkernick.com}}
  • [http://www.iblist.com/author19475.htm Simon Kernick] bibliography on Internet Book List

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Category:English crime fiction writers

Category:Alumni of the University of Brighton

Category:People from Slough

Category:1966 births

Category:Living people

Category:Writers from Oxfordshire

Category:21st-century British novelists

Category:English male novelists

Category:People educated at Gillotts School