About Simon Lelic
Born 1976. Simon Lelic is a British writer and journalist.
Simon Lelic is a British novelist of mysteries and thrillers.
Life and career Lelic was born in 1976 in Brighton. He studied history at the University of Exeter and then took a post-graduate course in Journalism. He worked as a freelancer and in business-to-business publishing before becoming a novelist, and has also owned an import/export company.
His first novel, Rupture (2010) won a Betty Trask Award in 2011. He has also written the Haven series of young adult thrillers; the first book, The Haven, was published in 2019.
Published works Rupture (US: A Thousand Cuts) (Picador/Viking, 2010) The Facility (Mantle, 2011) The Child Who (Mantle, 2012) The House (US: The New Neighbors) (Berkley, 2017) The Liar's Room (Berkley, 2019) The Search Party (Berkley, 2020) The Hiding Place (Penguin, 2022)
Haven
The Haven (2019) Revolution (2019) Deadfall (2020)
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