Simon Morden

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

Morden was educated as a scientist, attaining a B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology from the University of Sheffield and his Ph.D 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 first achieved success as a writer when his novel Heart was published by Razorblade Press in 2002.

• 2006 World Fantasy Award, Best Novella shortlist, Another War
• 2009 Catalyst Book Award for teen fiction, shortlist, The Lost Art
• 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award, longlist, Equations of Life
• 2012 Philip K. Dick Award, overall winner, The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy
• 2013 BSFA Award for Best Artwork, shortlist, Thy Kingdom Come

• "2006 2006 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees". Worldfantasy.org. 2006. Retrieved 2013-01-16. 
• "Shortlist 2009". The Catalyst Book Awards Blog. 2009. Retrieved 2013-01-16. 
• "2012 Submissions". Arthur C. Clarke Award. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2013-01-16. 
• "Shortlist Announced". BSFA. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-02-06.