Simon Spurrier

43, Male

London

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Hometown:
London
About Me:
Young writer. Either "a genuine literary event" or "that bastard next door nicking our wireless broadband", depending who you ask.

Sarcastic. Odd. Paranoid obsession with aggressive Yaks. Hoping to get rich - in the spiritual karmic sense. Or at least break even.

Loves the fact that Hollywood gets "crime" so completely and utterly wrong, All. The. Time.

First novel: CONTRACT, published by Headline Review, June 2007.

Very not-Hollywood.

Would like everyone to meet his close personal friend, borrowed-wisdom guru and Hitman For Hire, Michael Point
Website:
http://www.itsallaboutthemoney.co.uk
Books And Authors I Like:

Kurt Vonnegut. Recently popped his clogs. So it goes.

Chuck Palahniuk. Recently written some A-Bit-Plop stories. I am Jack's complete disappointment.

Bo Fowler. Nobody knows who he is. But he's brilliant. Read him. Read him NOW.

Comment Wall:

  • Ali

    Good seeing you hear and look forward to having a read of you book - Headline are excited1

    Ali

    Apr 15, 2007

  • Roger Jon Ellory

    This book I am now waiting for...

    Apr 15, 2007

  • Angie

    Howdy, welcome & all that. Bitchin' cover art!

    I've never heard of Bo Fowler...will have to check him out. But maybe not NOW! How about nowish?

    Apr 15, 2007

  • CT

    Just saying hi from downunder, and thanks for your invitation.

    Apr 15, 2007

  • Simon Spurrier

    Thanks, folks. Great to meet you all. I'll be checking out everyone's pages for the personal touch over the coming days... things are madcrazyhectic right now. Some interesting (but very labour intensive) marketing strategies being wheeled-out, which are snarling up my time. More as and when...Delete Comment

    Apr 15, 2007

  • Laura Benedict

    Thanks for adding me! Yes, way bitchin' cover!

    Apr 16, 2007

  • Delphine Cingal

    Thanks for the invite. Bear me in mind if you want a contact in the French publishing world. ;-)))

    Apr 17, 2007

  • JackBludis

    Simon--

    Your post impressed me (The one about what you do and all that.) I got some very early rejections that said, "You don't write very well." Ironically, these were those that I respected almost as much as the one (actually the same one twice on different projects) that I received from the Atlantic Montly.

    Tenacity is the key. I have books and stories that I have never sent out because they're just not good enough as they are. I often revisit them, consider, then decide to work on them again or to let them lie fallow for another year of two.

    Tenacity is the key, but you have to be tenacious and improve as well.

    Thanks for your post. I'm going to repost his on your crimespace.

    Jack

    Apr 18, 2007

  • a g bennett

    Simon, you seem like an interesting chap. Look forward to chatting in the future.
    All the best.

    Apr 25, 2007

  • a g bennett

    Yes, thanks Simon. Sometimes, though- tale Edgar A.P as an example, great works seem to flow from temporarily deranged minds. Sometimes, I think my best work comes when I've been under a lot of stress, or prehaps had the one too many vino's.
    This website is great- a really good concept.

    Apr 25, 2007