Simon Wood

Male

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Taplow, England
About Me:
I'm a California transplant from England . I used to be a competitive racecar driver and I am a licensed pilot. I share my world with my American wife, Julie. Our lives are dominated by a longhaired dachshund and four cats. In the last seven years, I've had over 140 stories and articles published. My stories have been included in “Best of” anthologies and I've written for Writer’s Digest and I'm an Anthony Award winner. I'm the author of Working Stiffs and Accidents Waiting to Happen, Paying the Piper and We All Fall Down. My current thriller Terminated hits bookshelves in June.
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://www.simonwood.net
Books And Authors I Like:
Writers: Richard Stark, James Herbert, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, David Morrell, Agatha Christie. Books: Love on a Branch Line, The Long Goodbye, Black Evening,
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
In no particular order: Movies: The Thing, Farewell My Lovely, In The Mouth of Madness, Below, Pitch Black, Bortherhood of the Wolf, Unbreakable, The Usual Suspects, Blade, Prince of Darkness, Quatermass and the Pit, Dog Soldiers, Dead End, Inherit the Wind, The Great Escape, The Ipcress File, You Only Live Twice, From Beyond, The Italian Job (1968), The Haunting (1963), The Changling. Filmmakers: Hitchcock, John Carpenter. X-Files, John Doe, Prison Break, 24, The Shield, Coupling, Teachers (UK Version), Green Wing, Dr. Who, Star Trek TNG, The Loop, The Smoking Room, Peep Show, League of Gentlemen, Nip/Tuck, Twin Peaks.

Comment Wall:

  • Daniel Hatadi

    Glad you finally made it! Things should be a lot more solid from now on.

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    Hi Simon- I was wondering when you'd finally make it here. GREAT picture, What do you call that pose? "Blue Steel" or maybe your "Mannix pose"?

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Hi Dan,

    With the glitches out of the way, it finally let me in.

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Thanks Brian for the lovely comment. Yes, I take a lovely photo--sadly, this isn't it.

    Mar 22, 2007

  • F.T. Bradley

    Nice to see you here, Simon!
    And I'll meet your "Blue Steel" pose with my "Dreamy Writer" one :-)
    Hey, where's your mugshot, Brian??? ;-)

    Fleur

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Tim Maleeny

    Simon, welcome. Just what a busy man like you needed...another worthwhile site and excellent diversion from your day job.

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Thanks Fleur for standing up for my photo--I think. You should see my infant school pictures. I was the poster boy for Damien...

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Thanks Tim. Every work day is a corrospondance day.

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Laura Benedict

    Yo! Simon!

    Mar 22, 2007

  • JackBludis

    Congrats again on that Dorchester was it? contract. A man who works as hard as you do can 't help going to the top.

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Yo, yourself, Laura.

    Thanks Jack. It's been nice seeing me at the supermarket checkout...

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Lisa Richardson

    Hi Simon-I really enjoyed your book, and am taking every opportunity to share about it. Best of luck and I'll be watching for the next one!

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Thanks Lisa. That was a terriffic review. I can't believe you're not a relative.

    You'll have to wait until November for the next one. Not too far away.

    Mar 23, 2007

  • Merrill Young

    Hi Simon!
    It's that mad hatter lady fron LCC!
    Thanks everso for befriending me.

    Mar 23, 2007

  • Tim Maleeny

    Hey Simon...actually I'm tied up for lunch tomorrow...meeting some friends at a bookstore.

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    Nice pun, there, Simon! If anyone is knocking on anyone, it's Wood knocking on me. Remember your comment that Sunday in Seattle about Ali and body blows?

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Jan Christensen

    Hi Simon! I must have missed you when I joined--thanks for finding me and "friending" me. It's good to see quite a few of the SMFS gang here--old and new! Happy writing.

    Apr 9, 2007

  • David Magayna

    Hi Simon. Thanks for the invite.

    Apr 9, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    Hey Simon-

    Ears burning?

    Apr 9, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    If not your ears, perhaps your eyes. Got something I'll be sending you by the end of the week. Burn, baby, burn!

    Apr 10, 2007

  • Terri

    Hi Simon!
    Good to see you! Small cyber world, no? =)
    I'm still getting my feet wet here and hoping I don't fall on my face.

    Apr 17, 2007