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Simon Beckett

About Me

MyGen Profile Generator After an MA in English, Simon Beckett spent several years as a property repairer before a stint teaching in Spain.

Back in the UK, he played percussion in several bands. He has been a freelance journalist since 1992, writing for The Times, The Independent on Sunday Review, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and other major British publications.

Some of his more memorable assignments have included going on police drugs raids, touring brothels with a vice unit, trying to learn how to win a gun fight in Nevada and visiting The Body Farm in Tennessee. Simon Beckett is married and lives in Sheffield.

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No. 1

Some days, you have to wonder. Earlier this week I woke up feeling pretty rough (don't ask), felt worse when I saw the rain outside, and worse still when my computer resolutely refused to start. ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:30:00 GMT

Written in Bone, aka Kalte Asche

Well, Written in Bone (or David Hunter2, as I still tend to think of it) is now officially out in the UK. Too early to say how it will do, but you can bet I'll be keeping my fingers crossed, checking ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:53:00 GMT

Snowfall - New David Hunter Short Story

NEW David Hunter Short Story.(The events in this story take place before Written in Bone). The snow drifted down.  It coated the frost already clinging to the spiky, brittle grass, giving it a ...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:39:00 GMT

New book already?

Novels are like buses - nothing for a year and then two come along at once. Seems like the paperback of The Chemistry of Death's only just been published, and now the sequel, Written in Bone (or David...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:37:00 GMT

Publication nerves

Well, it's been an interesting couple of weeks. The paperback of The Chemistry of Death is finally out, which is always a bit of a nail-biting time. Keep hearing from friends that they've seen posters...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:21:00 GMT

Read the first chapter!

A human body starts to decompose four minutes after death. The body, once the encapsulation of life, now undergoes its final metamorphoses. It begins to digest itself. Cells dissolve from the inside o...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:19:00 GMT

Background To 'The Chemistry of Death'

In 2002 I went to Knoxville, Tennessee to write an article for the Daily Telegraph Magazine on the National Forensic Academy. The Academy had only recently opened, offering intensive - and exceptional...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:08:00 GMT

The Chemistry of Death Shortlisted for Major Award

The Chemistry of Death was Highly Commended by judges in the 2006 CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger Awards, held at the Waldorf Hilton on Thursday, June 29th. Simon Beckett says, "Being shortlisted in the firs...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:20:00 GMT