Simon Lelic

Simon Lelic is a British novelist of mysteries and thrillers.

Life and career
Lelic was born in 1976 in Brighton. He studied history at the University of Exeter and then took a post-graduate course in Journalism. He worked as a freelancer and in business-to-business publishing before becoming a novelist, and has also owned an import/export company.

His first novel, Rupture (2010) won a Betty Trask Award in 2011. He has also written the Haven series of young adult thrillers; the first book, The Haven, was published in 2019.

Published works

 * Rupture (US: A Thousand Cuts) (Picador/Viking, 2010)
 * The Facility (Mantle, 2011)
 * The Child Who (Mantle, 2012)
 * The House (US: The New Neighbors) (Berkley, 2017)
 * The Liar's Room (Berkley, 2019)
 * The Search Party (Berkley, 2020)
 * The Hiding Place (Penguin, 2022)

Haven

 * The Haven (2019)
 * Revolution (2019)
 * Deadfall (2020)