Simon Haynes is an Australian writer of

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novels and short stories, particularly the Hal Spacejock series. Haynes also uses his experience with computers to write software which he designs for himself and then shares for free through his website. The most well-known of these programs is yWriter, a program designed specifically for composing novels.yWriter is a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. It will not write your novel for you, suggest plot ideas or perform creative tasks of any kind. yWriter was designed by an author, not a salesman!
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Biography

Haynes was born in Croydon (United Kingdom) and raised in the south of Spain. In 1983 he emigrated to Australia with his family. Haynes' first work was published in 2000 with his short story "False Alarm" which was featured in issue 27 of ''Antipodean SF''. In 2001 Haynes' short story "

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, Alison Venugoban,

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and Paul Collins. 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

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for best novel. Haynes currently lives in

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Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

*''Hal Spacejock'' (2001) *''Hal Spacejock: Second Course'' (2003) *''Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts'' (2004) *''Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch'' (2008) *''Hal Junior: The Secret Signal'' (2011) *''Hal Junior: The Missing Case'' (2012) *''Hal Spacejock: Baker's Dough'' (2012) *''Hal Junior: The Gyris Mission'' (2012) *''Hal Spacejock (French Edition)'' (2012) *''Hal Spacejock: Safe Art'' (2013) *''Hal Spacejock: Big Bang'' (2015) *''Hal Spacejock: Double Trouble'' (2018) *''Harriet Walsh: Peace Force'' (2018) *''Harriet Walsh: Alpha Minor'' (2018) *''Harriet Walsh: Sierra Bravo'' (2018) *''A Portion of Dragon and Chips'' (2018) *''A Butt of Heads'' (2018) *''A Pair of Nuts on the Throne'' (2018) *''Hal Spacejock: Max Damage'' (2018) *''Hal Junior: The Comet Caper'' (2018) *''The Secret War: Raiders'' (2019) *''Hal Spacejock: Cold Boots'' (2019) *''The Secret War: Frontier'' (2019) *''A Riddle in Bronze'' (2019) *''Hal Spacejock: Zero'' (2020) *''An Enigma in Silver'' (2020)

Non-Fiction

*''How to write a novel'' (2018)

Short stories

*"False Alarm" (2000) in ''Antipodean SF'' #27 *"Pastimes" (2000) in ''Antipodean SF'' #30 *"Infection" (2000) in ''Antipodean SF'' #36 *"

" (2000) in ''Potato Monkey'' #1 *"Loss Leader" (2001) in ''

'' #3 *"Escape Clause" (2002) in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' #4 *"The Desolator" (2002) in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' #6 *"A Piece of the Action" (2010) on Kindle & Smashwords *"Hal Spacejock: Framed" (2011) on Kindle & Smashwords *"Albion" (2018) on Kindle & Smashwords

References

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Bibliography
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External links

Official site
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