Purple asked Peter A. Flannery:

Hi Peter - Is the name Psimon in any way a nod to the comic book? It was such an unusual name I googled it....not familiar with the comic in any way, just curious since the psychic thing is a common thread. Just finished First and Only, loved it and loved Battle Mage even more. Excited to read that you next will be a fantasy novel, can't wait! - purple

Peter A. Flannery Hi Purple. Apologies for the tardy reply but I only just saw your question! The short answer is, no. I didn't name Psimon after the comic book character. To be honest I hadn't even heard of that until someone pointed it out to me. The name came about in the usual way of playing around with various options but rather than describe it here, maybe you could take a look at a video of me explaining how I came up with the name. GR won't allow you to include links but if you do a search for:

First and Only interview with Peter Flannery

Click 'videos' and I'm about the third one down

Hope that's ok and thanks for the question. and I'm delighted that you enjoyed both my books :)

with kind regards
Peter

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