Simon R. Green is a renowned English novelist, known for his works in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He has produced a substantial body of work, including several series, standalone books, and short stories. His series include Deathstalker, Hawk & Fisher, Forest Kingdom, Secret History, Nightside, and Ghostfinders. Green's academic background is equally impressive, with a Master of Arts in Modern English and American Literature from the University of Leicester, as well as a combined humanities degree. His educational background in history has also significantly influenced his writing.
Born in 1955 in Bradford-Upon-Avon, Wiltshire, Green continues to reside in his birthplace. His writing career began in 1979, with the Deathstalker series being one of his earliest and most notable works. This series is particularly noteworthy as it parodies the space operas of the 1950s, blending humor with extreme bloodthirstiness and a disregard for the rules of probability. Green's ability to balance these tones sets him apart in the genre. Despite his success, he remains grounded, continuing to live and write in his hometown.
Green's writing extends beyond the Deathstalker series to include the Hawk & Fisher, Forest Kingdom, Secret History, Nightside, and Ghostfinders series. He has also written standalone books and contributed to the world of short stories. One of his most notable standalone works is the novelization of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. His prolific writing and enduring success have established him as a significant figure in the realms of science fiction and fantasy. Green's ability to balance humor, bloodthirstiness, and disregard for probability in his Deathstalker series showcases his unique storytelling style and his respect for the genre's history.
Deathstalker Books
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Year
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1
Deathstalker
1994
2
Deathstalker Rebellion
1996
3
Deathstalker War
1997
4
Deathstalker Honor
1998
5
Deathstalker Destiny
1999
6
Deathstalker Legacy
2002
7
Deathstalker Return
2004
8
Deathstalker Coda
2005
Forest Kingdom Books
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Title
Year
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1
Blue Moon Rising
1989
2
Blood and Honor
1992
3
Down Among the Dead Men
1993
4
Once in a Blue Moon
2014
Ghost Finders Books
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Year
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1
Ghost of a Chance
2010
2
Ghost of a Smile
2011
3
Ghost of a Dream
2012
4
Spirits from Beyond
2013
5
Voices from Beyond
2014
6
Forces from Beyond
2016
Gideon Sable Books
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Year
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1
The Best Thing You Can Steal
2021
2
A Matter of Death and Life
2022
3
What Song the Sirens Sang
2022
4
Not of This World
2023
5
Where is Anybody?
2024
Hawk & Fisher Books
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Year
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1
Hawk & Fisher / No Haven for the Guilty
1990
2
Winner Takes All / Devil Take the Hindmost
1991
3
The God Killer
1991
4
Wolf in the Fold / Vengeance for a Lonely Man
1991
5
Guard Against Dishonor
1991
6
The Bones of Haven / Two Kings in Haven
1992
7
Haven of Lost Souls
1999
8
Beyond the Blue Moon
2000
Holy Terrors Mystery Books
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Year
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1
The Holy Terrors
2024
2
Stone Certainty
2025
3
Which Witch?
2025
Ishmael Jones Books
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Year
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1
The Dark Side of the Road
2015
2
Dead Man Walking
2016
3
Very Important Corpses
2017
4
Death Shall Come
2017
5
Into the Thinnest of Air
2018
6
Murder in the Dark
2018
7
Till Sudden Death Do Us Part
2019
8
Night Train to Murder
2020
9
The House on Widows Hill
2020
10
Buried Memories
2021
11
Haunted by the Past
2022
Jekyll & Hyde Inc Books
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Year
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1
Jekyll & Hyde Inc.
2021
2
Hyde & Seek
2024
Nightside Books
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1
Something from the Nightside
2003
2
Agents of Light and Darkness
2003
3
Nightingale's Lament
2004
4
Hex and the City
2005
5
Paths Not Taken
2005
6
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
2006
7
Hell to Pay
2006
8
The Unnatural Inquirer
2007
9
Just Another Judgement Day
2008
10
The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny
2010
11
A Hard Day's Knight
2011
12
The Bride Wore Black Leather
2012
Nightside Collections
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1
Tales from the Nightside
2015
Secret Histories Books
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Year
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1
The Man With the Golden Torc
2007
2
Daemons Are Forever
2008
3
The Spy Who Haunted Me
2009
4
From Hell with Love
2010
5
For Heaven's Eyes Only
2011
6
Live and Let Drood
2012
7
Casino Infernale
2013
8
Property of a Lady Faire
2014
9
From a Drood to a Kill
2015
10
Dr. DOA
2016
11
Moonbreaker
2017
12
Night Fall
2018
Twilight of the Empire Books
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1
Mistworld
1992
2
Ghostworld
1993
3
Hellworld
1993
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
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1
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
2
Shadows Fall
1994
3
Drinking Midnight Wine
2001
4
The Pit of Despair
2012
5
Jekyll & Hyde Inc.
2021
6
For Love of Magic
2023
Short Story Collections
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Year
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1
Tales of the Hidden World
2014
Oz Reimagined Books
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Year
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1
Dorothy Dreams
2013
2
Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust (By: Seanan McGuire)
2013
3
Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust
2013
4
The Boy Detective of Oz
2013
5
The Boy Detective of Oz (By: Tad Williams)
2013
6
A Meeting in Oz
2013
7
A Meeting in Oz ( By: Jeffrey Ford)
2013
8
Off to See the Emperor (By: Orson Scott Card)
2013
9
Off to See the Emperor
2013
10
The Cobbler of Oz
2013
11
The Cobbler of Oz (By: Jonathan Maberry)
2013
12
Lost Girls of Oz
2013
13
Lost Girls of Oz ( By: Theodora Goss)
2013
14
Blown Away
2013
15
Blown Away (By: Jane Yolen)
2013
16
A Tornado of Dorothys (By: Kat Howard)
2013
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A Tornado of Dorothys
2013
18
The Veiled Shanghai
2013
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The Veiled Shanghai (By: Ken Liu)
2013
20
Dead Blue ( By: David Farland)
2013
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Dead Blue
2013
22
The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz
2013
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The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz (By: C.C. Finlay, Rae Carson)
2013
24
Beyond the Naked Eye
2013
25
Beyond the Naked Eye ( By: Rachel Swirsky)
2013
26
City So Bright
2013
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City So Bright (By: Dale Bailey)
2013
28
One Flew Over the Rainbow ( By: Robin Wasserman)
2013
29
One Flew Over the Rainbow
2013
Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Books
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Title
Year
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1
Unidentified Funny Objects (By: Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, Jody Lynn Nye, Michael Kurland, Marko Kloos, Ken Liu, Jamie Lackey, Jake Kerr, Alex Shvartsman, Jennifer Pelland, Charity Tahmaseb, Deborah Walker, Don Sakers, Chuck Rothman, Zach Shephard, Sergei Lukyanenko, Bruce Golden, Stephanie Burgis, Stephen D. Rogers, Scott Almes, Leah Cypess, Siobhan Gallagher, Ferrett Steinmetz, James Beamon, Jeff Stehman, Anatoly Belilovsky, Matt Mikalatos, Nathaniel Lee, K.G. Jewell, David Sklar)
2012
2
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (By: Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Fran Wilde, Jim C. Hines, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Tim Pratt, Ken Liu, Heather Lindsley, Alex Shvartsman, Josh Vogt, Michelle Ann King, Konstantine Paradias, J.W. Alden, Desmond Warzel, Wade Albert White, James Beamon, Matt Mikalatos, M.C.A. Hogarth, K.G. Jewell)
2013
3
Unidentified Funny Objects 3 (By: Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Kevin J. Anderson, Jim C. Hines, Jody Lynn Nye, Karen Haber, Piers Anthony, Tim Pratt, Cat Rambo, Caroline M. Yoachim, Sarah Pinsker, Tina Connolly, Alex Shvartsman, Josh Vogt, Guy Anthony De Marco, Gini Koch, Jeremy R. Butler, Oliver Buckram, Krystal Claxton, Camille Griep, James Beamon, Matt Mikalatos, Nathaniel Lee, James A. Miller, Jakob Drud)
2014
4
Funny Science Fiction (By: Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, Tim Pratt, Ken Liu, Lawrence M. Schoen, Cat Rambo, Sarah Pinsker, Tina Connolly, Mike Rimar, Shaenon K. Garrity, Alex Shvartsman, Brian Trent, Dantzel Cherry, Desmond Warzel, Oliver Buckram, James Beamon, Anatoly Belilovsky, Leonard Richardson)
2015
5
Unidentified Funny Objects 4 (By: George R.R. Martin, Mike Resnick, Neil Gaiman, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Karen Haber, Piers Anthony, Tim Pratt, Ian Creasey, Caroline M. Yoachim, Tina Connolly, Anaea Lay, Alex Shvartsman, Tina Gower, Zach Shephard, Gini Koch, Michael J. Martinez, Oliver Buckram, Andrew Kaye, Brent C. Smith, Laura Pearlman, Eric Kaplan, James Aquilone, Jonathan Ems)
2015
6
Funny Fantasy (By: Alex Shvartsman)
2016
7
Unidentified Funny Objects 5 (By: Mike Resnick, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, David Gerrold, Tim Pratt, Caroline M. Yoachim, Shaenon K. Garrity, Paul R. Hardy, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Daniel J. Davis, Gini Koch, Bill Ferris, James Wesley Rogers, Nathan Hillstrom, Mitchell Shanklin, Shane Halbach, Fred Stesney)
2016
8
Funny Horror (By: Mike Resnick, Esther M. Friesner, Darrell Schweitzer, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Lucy A. Snyder, Amanda C. Davis, Eric James Stone, Alex Shvartsman, Julia S. Mandala, Barbara A. Barnett, Scott Alexander)
2017
9
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 (By: Mike Resnick, Jack Campbell, Jim C. Hines, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Alan Dean Foster, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, David Vierling, Ken Liu, Tina Connolly, Paul R. Hardy, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Melissa Mead, Gini Koch, Langley Hyde, Bill Ferris, P.J. Sambeaux, Rod M. Santos, G.J. Koch, Tatiana Ivanova)
2017
10
Unidentified Funny Objects 7 (By: Mike Resnick, Seanan McGuire, Esther M. Friesner, Laura Resnick, David Vierling, Val Nolan, Matthew Bailey, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Gini Koch, Richard Anderson, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Langley Hyde, Shane Halbach, Fred Stesney, Beth Goder, C. Flynt, Greg Sisco, Elin Korund, David Vaughan, Jamie Gilman Kress)
2018
11
Unidentified Funny Objects 8 (With: Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Michael M. Jones, David Gerrold, Wendy Mass, Jamie Lackey, Alex Shvartsman, Larry Hodges, Gini Koch, James Beamon, James Wesley Rogers, Chris Hepler, Galen Westlake, Kurt Pankau, J.J. Litke, Rob Dircks, Jordan Chase-Young, Amy Lynwander, Mike Morgan, Jared Oliver Adams, Illimani Ferreira, Eric D. Leavitt, Beth Goder, C. Flynt)
2020
12
Unidentified Funny Objects 9 (By: Alex Shvartsman)