Simon Hall (writer)

Simon Hall (born 3 February, 1969 in Bedford) is the BBC's Crime Correspondent in the South West of England. He is also the author of the Dan Groves and Adam Breen detective novels, in which a TV reporter and a detective work together to solve a series of extraordinary crimes. [http://www.thetvdetective.com]

Simon works for BBC South West Television's regional news programme, Spotlight, but also broadcasts on BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Cornwall.

Biography

Simon was born in the village of Oakley, before his parents moved to Lincoln, and then Littlehampton in West Sussex. Simon was educated at the Littlehampton Community School, then at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

At college, Simon joined the university radio station, UKC Radio. He went to University College, Cardiff to do a diploma in broadcast journalism, then joined the BBC as a trainee. He worked around England, and also for ITV, before settling in the South West.

Simon is married, to Jess, who runs the University of Exeter's Special Collection, a department of the library. They live in Exeter.

Simon has recently branched into writing novels. His first book, A Popular Murder, published in 2006. The follow up, The Death Pictures, was published in Feb, 2008. His new book, Evil Valley, is due out in September 2008.

Simon has been longlisted for the prestigious Crime Writers Association Dagger in the Library award, for writers most popular with library users. An American edition of Death Pictures is due out in October, 2008, and a version of Evil Valley in 2009.