Simon Morden


Simon Morden is an English science fiction author, best known for his Philip K. Dick Award–winning Metrozone series of novels set in post-apocalyptic London.

Biography

Morden was educated as a scientist, attaining a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Sheffield and his PhD in Geophysics from Newcastle University.
Morden has worked in a variety of roles including a school caretaker, an admin assistant, a personal assistant to a financial advisor and is currently a teaching assistant for a design technology class at a primary school in Gateshead. In terms of his writing career, Morden is the former editor of Focus magazine; he has been on the Arthur C. Clarke Award judging panel; and he's a regular speaker on Christian matters in fiction at the Greenbelt Festival. Morden identifies as a Christian.
Morden first achieved success as a writer when his novel Heart was published by Razorblade Press in 2002.
His writing influences include Charles Stross, Ray Bradbury, Julian May, and Michael Marshall Smith

The ''Metrozone'' series

Equations of Life Theories of Flight Degrees of Freedom
  • ''The Curve of the Earth''

The ''Down'' series

Down Station
  • ''The White City''

The ''Frank Kittridge'' series

One Way
  • ''No Way''

Stand-alone works

Heart Another War The Lost Art Arcanum At The Speed Of Light Bright Morning Star Gallowglass The Red Planet - a natural history of Mars
  • ''The Flight Of The Aphrodite''

Collections

Thy Kingdom Come
  • * Thy Kingdom Come
  • ''Brilliant Things''

Awards