About the author

Simon Kewin

Simon Kewin (he/him) is an&nbsp;award-winning&nbsp;writer of&nbsp;fantasy&nbsp;and&nbsp;sci/fi, with&nbsp;over 500&nbsp;publications to his name. He's the author of the&nbsp;<strong>Cloven Land</strong>&nbsp;fantasy trilogy, cyberpunk thriller&nbsp;<strong>The Genehunter</strong>,&nbsp;<em>steampunk Gormenghast</em>&nbsp;saga&nbsp;<strong>Engn</strong>, the&nbsp;<strong>Triple Stars</strong>&nbsp;sci/fi trilogy and the Office of the Witchfinder General books, published by&nbsp;Elsewhen Press.<br><br>He's the author of several short story&nbsp;collections, with his shorter fiction appearing in Analog, Nature, Escape Pod and&nbsp;many&nbsp;other magazines. His novel&nbsp;<strong>Dead Star</strong>&nbsp;was an SPSFC award semi-finalist, and his short story&nbsp;<strong>#buttonsinweirdplaces</strong>&nbsp;was shortlisted for a Utopia award. His novella&nbsp;<strong>The Clockwork King</strong>&nbsp;won the Tales by Moonlight Editor's Prize.<br>​​​​​​​<br>He has an honours degree in English Literature (1st class) and an MA in Creative Writing (Distinction).