Graeme Shimmin

Graeme Shimmin (born 24 September 1967),^[1] is a British science-fiction novelist and blogger.

Early life

Shimmin was born in Manchester, UK. He studied Physics at Durham University and worked in IT for fifteen years^[2] before completing a Creative Writing MA at Manchester Metropolitan University.^[3]

Career

Shimmin has released one novel through Transworld Publishers - A Kill in the Morning, an alternate history/sci-fi thriller set in an alternate 1955 Britain and Europe after the death of Winston Churchill in 1941.^[4] The novel received mixed reviews from Booklist,^[5] Publishers Weekly,^[6] SFX Magazine^[7] and Interzone,^[8] and Stephen Baxter endorsed it as "A terrific debut".^[9]

The novel, which Shimmin started whilst doing an MA at Manchester Metropolitan University,^[10] was shortlisted for the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award in 2013^[11] and won the YouWriteOn Book of the Year 2013.^[12]

In 2014, Shimmin's blog was shortlisted for the Blog North Awards, which are part of the Manchester Literature Festival, in the Arts and Culture section^[13] He has also had articles re-posted on Huffington Post,^[14] Forbes,^[15] and Slate.^[16]

Influences

Shimmin has claimed his influences include Robert Harris, Alistair MacLean, and Len Deighton^[17] Maxim Jakubowski has described Shimmin's influences as Ian Fleming, and Geoffrey Household ^[18]

Bibliography

• A Kill in the Morning (June 2014 – ISBN 978 0 59307 353 7 [UK], Transworld)

References

External links

• Official site
• Graeme Shimmin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Graeme Shimmin at Transworld Publishers
• Graeme Shimmin at A.M. Heath