Simon Wood
goodreads author profile
born
April 14, 1968
place of birth
Taplow, The United Kingdom
website
genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Horror
influences
Raymond Chandler, David Morrell, Reginald Hill, James Herbert
member since
February 2008
about this author
I'm a California transplant from England. I used to be a competitive racecar driver and I am a licensed pilot. I share my world with my American wife, Julie. Our lives are dominated by a longhaired dachshund and four cats. In the last seven years, I've had over 140 stories and articles published. My stories have been included in “Best of” anthologies and I'm a frequent contributor to Writer’s Digest. I'm the Anthony Award winning author of Working Stiffs and Accidents Waiting to Happen, Paying the Piper and We All Fall Down. My next thriller, Disgruntled, hits bookshelves next April. I write horror under the pen name of Simon Janus. Those titles include The Scrubs and the forthcoming Road Rash.
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Accidents Waiting to Happen by Simon Wood (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.88 — 25 ratings — published 2007 |
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Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down by Clive Cussler , Javier Sierra , Mariah Stewart , Jeffery Deaver , Joe Hartlaub , Joan Johnston , David Herwson , R.L. Stine more... avg rating 3.67 — 24 ratings — published 2009 3 editions |
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Paying the Piper by Simon Wood (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.13 — 23 ratings — published 2007 |
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We All Fall Down by Simon Wood (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.06 — 17 ratings — published 2008 |
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Working Stiffs by Simon Wood (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 2006 |
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Dragged into Darkness by Simon Wood (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2003 |
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Campaigning for Change by Simon Wood (Goodreads author), Claire Wood avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004 |
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Just After Sunset (Hardcover) by Stephen King |
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Monday Mourning (Temperance Brennan, #7) by Kathy Reichs |
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Road Rage: Two Novellas: "Duel" and "Throttle" (Audio CD) by Joe Hill |
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| GR-101: Book Appr...: Newly Discovered--Mt. TBR | 56 | 11 | 6 days ago, 03:29AM | |
| Gigi's Company: Author - Title Game | 633 | 316 | 57 minutes ago |
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Laurie wrote: "Thank you for the invite Simon! I read Paying the Piper with my book club last month and thought it was fantastic! I am looking forward to reading more of your work in the future."
I'm glad you liked the book. I hope you'll like the others as much. :-)
Thank you for the invite Simon! I read Paying the Piper with my book club last month and thought it was fantastic! I am looking forward to reading more of your work in the future.
Hi there. Thank you for being a friend on Good Reads! Wow! Over 140 stories published in just 7 years?! What an inspiration!
Hello Simon,
Thank you for being my friend. How are you? Congratulations and good luck on We All Fall Down.
When you have the time, please visit the Happy & Brainy Group, and the author giveaways (Reason Reigns is listed).
Warmest regards,
Ilyn
Thanks for the ad simon. I can't wait to get my site up and running. have a playful day
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