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Graeme Shimmin | |
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Born | Manchester, United Kingdom | 24 September 1967
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | British |
Period | (2013–present) |
Genre | Science fiction/ Alternate history |
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Graeme John Shimmin [1] (born 24 September 1967), [2] is a British science-fiction novelist and blogger.
Shimmin was born in Manchester, UK. He attended Hazel Grove High School and studied Physics at Durham University before working in IT for fifteen years. [3] [4] He then completed a Creative Writing MA at Manchester Metropolitan University. [5]
Shimmin has released one novel through Transworld Publishers - A Kill in the Morning, an alternate history/sci-fi thriller set in an 1955 alternate Britain and Europe after the death of Winston Churchill in 1941. [6] The novel received mixed reviews from Booklist, [7] Publishers Weekly, [8] SFX Magazine [9] and Interzone, [10] and Stephen Baxter endorsed it as "A terrific debut". [11]
The novel, which Shimmin started whilst doing an MA at Manchester Metropolitan University, [12] was shortlisted for the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award in 2013 [13] and won the YouWriteOn Book of the Year 2013. [14]
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 [15] He has also had articles re-posted on Huffington Post, [16] Forbes, [17] and Slate. [18]
Shimmin has said that his influences include Robert Harris, Alistair MacLean, and Len Deighton. [19] Maxim Jakubowski has described Shimmin's influences as Ian Fleming, and Geoffrey Household.
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Graeme Shimmin | |
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Born | Manchester, United Kingdom | 24 September 1967
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Nationality | British |
Period | (2013–present) |
Genre | Science fiction/ Alternate history |
Website | |
graemeshimmin |
Graeme John Shimmin [1] (born 24 September 1967), [2] is a British science-fiction novelist and blogger.
Shimmin was born in Manchester, UK. He attended Hazel Grove High School and studied Physics at Durham University before working in IT for fifteen years. [3] [4] He then completed a Creative Writing MA at Manchester Metropolitan University. [5]
Shimmin has released one novel through Transworld Publishers - A Kill in the Morning, an alternate history/sci-fi thriller set in an 1955 alternate Britain and Europe after the death of Winston Churchill in 1941. [6] The novel received mixed reviews from Booklist, [7] Publishers Weekly, [8] SFX Magazine [9] and Interzone, [10] and Stephen Baxter endorsed it as "A terrific debut". [11]
The novel, which Shimmin started whilst doing an MA at Manchester Metropolitan University, [12] was shortlisted for the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award in 2013 [13] and won the YouWriteOn Book of the Year 2013. [14]
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 [15] He has also had articles re-posted on Huffington Post, [16] Forbes, [17] and Slate. [18]
Shimmin has said that his influences include Robert Harris, Alistair MacLean, and Len Deighton. [19] Maxim Jakubowski has described Shimmin's influences as Ian Fleming, and Geoffrey Household.
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