Simon Clark was raised in a household of story-tellers. Family legends tell of a human skull buried in the back garden. Simon’s father, a history teacher, would point out innocuous looking fields that were the sites of battles and other momentous events, so Simon grew up knowing that there are fascinating stories to be found beneath the surface of ordinary places.

He confesses to wanting to become an author from an early age. ‘I lived in a little Yorkshire village far away from the world of publishing. Yet I longed to become a writer -- stories flowed in my veins, or so it seemed to me. Tantalizingly, on my newspaper round, lived a husband and wife writing team. It was such an amazing occupation that I peeked through the letterbox as I delivered their papers. The female half of the team later worked for a famous women’s magazine. I sold five stories to her before I plucked up the courage to reveal that I was once her paperboy.

‘Being a writer is an extraordinary career. I love telling stories for a living. It’s also led to fascinating journeys across the world. I’ve been guest of honour at conferences in the States, and given readings at literary festivals. A memorable talk was to a room full of serial killers in a maximum security prison. I’m six foot five but I was still perturbed when the prison guards sat quite some distance from me and my eager audience.’  

You are welcome to call on Simon at
www.brr-online.com/nailed

PUBLISHED NOVELS

• Nailed By The Heart
  Hodder Headline (1995)
  
  
• Blood Crazy
  Hodder Headline (1995)
  
  
• Darker
  Hodder Headline (1996)
  
  
• King Blood
  Hodder Headline (1997)
  
  
• Vampyrrhic
  Hodder Headline(1998)
  
  
• The Fall
  Hodder Headline(1998)
  
  
• Judas Tree
  Hodder Headline (1999)
  
  
• Darkness Demands
  Dorchester (2001)
  
  
• The Night of the Triffids
  Hodder Headline (2001)
  
  
• Stranger
  Dorchester (2002)
  
  
• Vampyrrhic Rites
  Hodder Headline (2003)
  
  
• The Dalek Factor
  Telos (2004)
  
  
• In This Skin
  Leisure (2004)
  
  
• The Tower
  Leisure (2005)
  
  
• London Under Midnight
  Severn House (2006)
  
  
• Death’s Dominion
  Leisure (2006)
  
  
• This Rage of Echoes
  Leisure (2007)
  
  
• Lucifer’s Ark
  Severn House (2007)
  
  
• The Midnight Man
  Severn House (2008)
  
  
• Vengeance Child
  Severn House (2008)
  
  
• Ghost Monster
  Leisure (2009)

• Blood & Grit
  BBR Books (1990)
  
  
• Salt Snake & Other Bloody Cuts
  Silver Salamaan (1999)
  
  
• Hotel Midnight
  Robert Hale (2005)
  
  
• Midnight Bazaar
  Robert Hale (2007)
  
  
• Whitby Vampyrrhic
  Severn House (2010)
  
  
• The Gravedigger's Tale - Fables of Fear
  Robert Hale (2010)
  

From the reviews: -

'Britain's greatest living horror writer.' SFX

‘Clark has the ability to keep the reader looking over his shoulder to make sure that sudden noise you hear is just the summer breeze rattling the window … this should keep you shaking.’ CNN.com

Washington Post on The Night of the Triffids: 'Inventive and fast moving - good old fashioned fun.'

‘Not since I discovered Clive Barker have I enjoyed horror so much’ Nightfall

‘The pleasure of reading Blood Crazy is immense. I loved it both as a novel and an experience’ Shivers

'Simon Clark is a wonderful writer. He has what it takes to be another Stephen King.' Bentley Little, Hellnotes