Authors

Simon Van der Velde was born and educated in Newcastle upon Tyne where he trained and practiced as a lawyer. Writing, however, was always the real passion, and Simon has now left the legal profession in order to concentrate on his writing.
Since completing a creative writing M.A. (with distinction) at the University of Northumbria in 2011, his work has won and been short-listed for numerous awards including; The Yeovil Literary Prize, (twice), The Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal, The Wasafiri New Writing Prize, The Luke Bitmead Bursary, The Frome Short Story Prize, The Writers’ and Artists’ Short Story Prize and the The Harry Bowling Prize.
Simon’s debut novel, The Silent Brother was shortlisted for the UK’s premier crime-writing prize, the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger, 2023. Simon is currently working on his follow up novel.
Having travelled throughout Europe and South America, Simon now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne with his labradoodle and two tyrannical children.