Simon Kurt Unsworth (born 1972) is a British writer of supernatural fiction. Unsworth was born in Manchester, England. He grew up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.[1] He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the University of Dundee where he received a Master of Arts degree in Psychology (Hons).
Unsworth's first novel is called The Devil's Detective and Unsworth's most recent novel is The Devil's Evidence, a horror novel set in Hell.[2] James Lovegrove, in a review for the Financial Times, called the novel "an entertaining Dantean spin on the police procedural...The Devil's Detective is damned good".[2]
Works
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edit- At Ease with the Dead: New Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre, (with others) Ash-Tree Press, 2007. ASIN B000VGTJ0K.
- Creature Feature (with Guy N. Smith and William Meikle), Ghostwriter Publications, 2009. ISBN 1-907190-07-4.
- The Devil's Detective : A Novel. New York : Doubleday, 2015. ISBN 9780385539340
- The Devil's Evidence : A Novel. New York : Doubleday, 2016. ISBN 9780385539364
Collections
edit- Lost Places. Ash-Tree Press, 2010. ISBN 9781553101192
- Quiet Houses. Dark Continents, 2011. ISBN 9780983624516
- Strange Gateways. PS Publishing, 2014. ISBN 9781848637269
- The Martledge Variations. Black Shuck Books, 2018. ISBN 9781720995500
- Uneasy Beginnings. With Simon Kurt Unsworth. Black Shuck Books, 2020. ISBN 9781913038502
Awards
edit- 2008 - World Fantasy Award nomination for best short story for "The Church on the Island"[3]
References
edit- ^ "Chorlton Book Festival". Libraries. Manchester City Council. Simon Unsworth. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ a b ‘The Devil’s Detective’, by Simon Kurt Unsworth Financial Times, 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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