Simon R. Green
Simon R. Green | |
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| Born | 25 August 1955 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | University of Leicester (M.A., Modern English & American Literature) |
| Genre | Science fiction, Fantasy, urban fantasy |
Simon Richard Green (born 25 August 1955) is an English science fiction and fantasy author.
Green was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England. He holds a degree in modern English and American literature from the University of Leicester. He writing in 1973, sold his first story "Manslayer" in 1976, and published his first full-length work, Awake, Awake, Ye Northern Winds in 1979. In 1988 he sold seven novels, and in 1989, he received a commission to write the novelization of the Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which has sold more than 370,000 copies. In the 1990s, Green was publishing regularly through Victor Gollancz Ltd.
Green's novels have been described as fantasy set in contemporary urban settings "that are slightly off", as well as a "writer of both space opera and heroic fantasy."