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Simon Rose
| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
The United Kingdom |
| website |
http://www.simon-rose.com/ |
| genre |
Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nonfiction
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about this author
I am the author of The Doomsday Mask, The Heretic's Tomb, The Emerald Curse, The Clone Conspiracy, The Sorcerer's Letterbox and The Alchemist's Portrait.
On my website at http://www.simon-rose.com, you will find book descriptions, author profiles, interviews, videos, audio files of readings, book reviews, teacher and reader comments and more. You may also visit my blog at simon-rose.blogspot.com.
A seventh novel for middle grades, The Time Camera, will be published in 2011, along with The Insistence of Memory, a novel for young adults. I am also a contributing author to The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Volume One, have written several books for younger readers with Weigl Educational Publishers and work as a writer for Dark Roasted Blend online magazine.
I offer a wide variety of presentations, workshops and author in residence programs for schools and libraries, covering such topics as the writing process, editing and revision, where ideas come from and how writers turn them into stories, character development, historical fiction and historical research, story structure, the publishing world and more. I also offer virtual author visits by video using Skype.
I work as a creative writing instructor for home school students throughout the year and at summer camps each July and August, am an instructor for adults with Chinook Learning Services, University of Calgary and at the National Writing for Children Center. I also offer a variety of online workshops for both children and adults, plus coaching, editing and critiquing services, which you can learn more about on my website at www.simon-rose.com,
For the business community, I offer freelance writing services, including website content and copywriting.
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