Simon Cheshire

Children's author

Available for:
Interview
Talk
Workshop
Commission


Website: http://www.simoncheshire.co.uk

Contact: via the Contact Me page on his website

Awards:
Simon's titles have been shortlisted for the Lancashire Book Of The Year Award and the South Lanarkshire Book Award, and have twice been voted “Best Book For The Teen Age” by the New York Public Library. His Saxby Smart books have twice been selected as featured titles by the Junior Library Guild.

Audiences:
Adults, 8-11 (Key stage 2), 5-11 (Key stages 1 and 2), 11-13 (Key stage 3), 6th Form and college


Details

In schools:

Simon has had plenty of experience with groups of all sizes, from single classes to whole school assemblies. He can talk on almost any book-related topic you choose, but he has two current 'off the peg' sessions, each of which lasts 45 minutes – 1 hour.

The first is aimed at Years 4, 5 and 6, and is entitled "Detective Stories And How I Write Them". It's a light-hearted, interactive talk, covering the basic mechanics of how pupils can plan a story, as well as a guide to the work of a writer, followed by a short Q&A.

For Years 6 and 7, there's a straightforward “History Of The Detective Story”, a chronological guide to the major milestones in the genre and the writers who created them. This also takes a light-hearted approach, but is focused on literary history and famous writers rather than on pupils' own writing.

Biography:

Simon Cheshire is an established children's writer who has been visiting schools, libraries and literary festivals for well over a decade. He's done promotional book tours around various parts of the UK and America, he's written and presented a number of radio programmes, but he has yet to achieve his ambition of going to the Moon.

Simon was a dedicated reader from a very young age, and started writing stories when he was in his teens. After he turned thirty and finally accepted he'd always have the mind of a ten-year-old, he began creating children's stories and at last found his natural habitat. Since his first book appeared in 1997, his work has been published in various countries and languages around the world.

He's written for a broad spectrum of ages – from KS1 to grown-ups – but the majority of his work is what he calls “action-packed comedies”, for 8-12 years. He lives in Warwick with his wife and children, but spends most of his time in a world of his own.

  

	Jeremy Brown: Spy (isbn:0956504906) The totally loopy adventures of a schoolboy spy! He fights aliens! He runs away from Egyptian mummies! He combs his hair! Action-packed laughs for 8-12 year olds View in Amazon
	Saxby Smart: Private Detective - The Curse Of The Ancient Mask (isbn:185340943X) Saxby Smart, schoolboy private detective, solves three of his most puzzling cases. Each story offers clues enabling the reader to help Saxby solve the mysteries View in Amazon
	Saxby Smart: Private Detective - The Poisoned Arrow (isbn:1848120370) "Simon Cheshire writes comedy mysteries better than anyone. Young readers will love this: there are thrills and humour throughout and good mental exercise as well" - Carousel View in Amazon