Graeme Shimmin

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Graeme John Shimmin^[1] (born 24 September 1967),^[2] is a British science-fiction novelist and blogger.

Shimmin was born in Manchester, UK. He attended Hazel Grove High School and studied Physics at Durham University before working in IT for fifteen years.^[3][4] He then completed a Creative Writing MA at Manchester Metropolitan University.^[5]

Shimmin has released one novel through Transworld Publishers - A Kill in the Morning, an alternate history/sci-fi thriller set in a 1955 alternate Britain and Europe after the death of Winston Churchill in 1941.^[6] The novel received mixed reviews from Booklist,^[7] Publishers Weekly,^[8] SFX Magazine^[9] and Interzone,^[10] and Stephen Baxter endorsed it as "A terrific debut".^[11]

The novel, which Shimmin started whilst doing an MA at Manchester Metropolitan University,^[12] was shortlisted for the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award in 2013^[13] and won the YouWriteOn Book of the Year 2013.^[14]

In 2014, Shimmin's blog was shortlisted for the Blog North Awards, which are part of the Manchester Literature Festival, in the Arts and Culture section^[15] He has also had articles re-posted on Huffington Post,^[16] Forbes,^[17] and Slate.^[18]

Shimmin has said that his influences include Robert Harris, Alistair MacLean, and Len Deighton.^[19] Maxim Jakubowski has described Shimmin's influences as Ian Fleming, and Geoffrey Household.

• A Kill in the Morning (June 2014 – ISBN 978 0 59307 353 7 [UK], Transworld)

• Official site
• Graeme Shimmin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Graeme Shimmin at Transworld Publishers
• Graeme Shimmin at A.M. Heath