Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick (born February 1967 in Slough, Buckinghamshire) is a British thriller/crime writer now living in Oxfordshire with his two daughters. Kernick attended Gillotts School, a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Whilst he was a student his jobs included fruit-picker and Christmas-tree uprooter. He graduated from Brighton Polytechnic in 1991 with a degree in humanities.[1]

His novel Relentless was recommended on Richard & Judy's Summer book club 2007.[2] It was the 8th best-selling paperback, and the best-selling thriller in the UK in the same year.[3]

Awards

Awards for Kernick's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2003 The Business of Dying Barry Award for Best British Crime Finalist [4]
2004 The Murder Exchange Barry Award for Best British Crime Finalist [4]
2005 The Crime Trade Barry Award for Best British Crime Finalist [4]
2005 A Good Day To Die Steel Dagger Award Finalist [4]
2006 A Good Day To Die Barry Award for Best British Crime Finalist [4]
2007 Relentless Barry Award for Best Thriller Finalist [4]
2015 Dagger in the Library Longlist [5]

Bibliography

  • The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne 1) (2002) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-04978-0)
  • The Murder Exchange (2003) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-04979-9)
  • The Crime Trade (Tina Boyd 1) (2004) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-05135-1)
  • A Good Day To Die (Dennis Milne 2) (2005) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-05146-7)
  • Relentless (Tina Boyd 2, Mike Bolt 1) (2006) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-05471-7)
  • Severed (Mike Bolt 2) (2007) — (Bantam, ISBN 0-593-05473-3)
  • Deadline (Tina Boyd 3) (2008)
  • Target (Tina Boyd 4, Mike Bolt 3) (2009)
  • The Last 10 Seconds (Tina Boyd 5, Mike Bolt 4) (2010)
  • The Payback (Dennis Milne 3, Tina Boyd 6) (2011)
  • Siege(Scope 1, plus Tina Boyd) (2012)
  • Wrong Time, Wrong Place (2013, February)
  • Ultimatum (Tina Boyd 7, Mike Bolt 5) (2013, June)
  • Stay Alive (Mike Bolt 6, Scope 2) (2014)
  • The Final Minute (Tina Boyd 8) (2015, January)
  • The Witness (DI Ray Mason 1) (2016, January)
  • The Bone Field (DI Ray Mason 2, Tina Boyd 9) (2017, January)
  • The Hanged Man (DI Ray Mason 3, Tina Boyd 10) (2018, January)
  • Dead Mans Gift & Other Stories (2018, July)
  • We Can See You (2018, November)
  • Die Alone (DI Ray Mason 4, Tina Boyd 11, Mike Bolt 7) (2019, November)
  • Kill A Stranger (2020)
  • Good Cop Bad Cop (2021)

References

  1. ^ Simon Kernick
  2. ^ "Explore". Channel 4. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. ^ "authonomy writing community - Helping writers get published". Bookarmy.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Simon Kernick". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Awards: CWA Dagger in the Library". Shelf Awareness. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

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