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Author Description Aka <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16464187.S_J__Morden" title="S.J. Morden" rel="nofollow noopener">S.J. Morden</a><br />Dr. Simon Morden, B.Sc. (Hons., Sheffield) Ph.D (Newcastle) is a bona fide rocket scientist, having degrees in geology and planetary geophysics. Unfortunately, that sort of thing doesn’t exactly prepare a person for the big wide world of work: he’s been a school caretaker, admin assistant, and PA to a financial advisor. He’s now employed as a part-time teaching assistant at a Gateshead primary school, which he combines with his duties as a house-husband, attempting to keep a crumbling pile of Edwardian masonry upright, wrangling his two children and providing warm places to sleep for the family cats.<br /><br />His not-so-secret identity as journeyman writer started when he sold the short story <i>Bell, Book and Candle</i> to an anthology, and a chaotic mix of science fiction, fantasy and horror followed. <i>Heart</i> came out to critical acclaim, and <i>Another War</i> was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award, but with <i>The Lost Art</i>, things suddenly got serious. Contracts. Agents. Deadlines. Responsibility. Scary stuff. The Lost Art was subsequently a finalist for the Catalyst Award for best teen fiction.<br /><br />As well as a writer, he’s been the editor of the British Science Fiction Association's writers’ magazine Focus, a judge for the Arthur C Clarke awards, and is a regular speaker at the Greenbelt Arts Festival on matters of faith and fiction. In 2009, he was in the winning team for the Rolls Royce Science Prize.<br />

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