Simon Morden is an English science fiction author, best known for his

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–winning ''Metrozone'' series of novels set in post-apocalyptic London.

Biography

Morden was educated as a scientist, attaining a

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in Geology from the University of Sheffield and his PhD in Geophysics from

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...

. Morden has worked in a variety of roles including a school caretaker, an admin assistant, a personal assistant to a financial advisor and is currently a teaching assistant for a design technology class at a primary school in

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. In terms of his writing career, Morden is the former editor of '' Focus'' magazine; he has been on the

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judging panel; and he's a regular speaker on Christian matters in fiction at the

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. Morden identifies as a Christian. Morden first achieved success as a writer when his novel ''Heart'' was published by Razorblade Press in 2002. His writing influences include Charles Stross, Ray Bradbury,

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, and Michael Marshall Smith

Bibliography

The ''Metrozone'' series

* ''Equations of Life'' (2011, Orbit) * ''Theories of Flight'' (2011, Orbit) * ''Degrees of Freedom'' (2011, Orbit) * ''The Curve of the Earth'' (2013, Orbit)

The ''Down'' series

* ''Down Station'' (February 2016) * ''The White City'' (2016,

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)

The ''Frank Kittridge'' series

* ''One Way'' (April 2018, Orbit) * ''No Way'' (February 2019, Orbit)

Stand-alone works

* ''Heart'' (2002, Razorblade) * ''Another War'' (novella) (2005, Telos) * ''The Lost Art'' (2007,

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) * ''Arcanum'' (19 November 2013, Orbit) * ''At The Speed Of Light'' (January 2017, Newcon Press) * ''Bright Morning Star'' (2019) * ''Gallowglass'' (as S.J. Morden) (December 2020,

) * ''The Red Planet - a natural history of Mars'' (2021 Elliott and Thompson Ltd) * ''The Flight Of The Aphrodite'' (as S.J. Morden) (November 2022,

)

Collections

* ''Thy Kingdom Come'' (Multimedia disc) (2002, Lone Wolf Publications) ** ''Thy Kingdom Come'' (Limited edition hardback) (2013, Jurassic London) * ''Brilliant Things'' (2004, Subway)

Awards

* 2006 World Fantasy Award, Best Novella

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, ''Another War'' * 2009 Catalyst Book Award for

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, shortlist, ''The Lost Art'' * 2012

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, ''Equations of Life'' * 2012

, overall winner, ''The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy'' * 2013

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, shortlist, ''Thy Kingdom Come''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morden, Simon English science fiction writers Living people 21st-century British novelists British male novelists Christian novelists People associated with the University of Sheffield People associated with Newcastle University 21st-century English male writers Year of birth missing (living people)