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Simon McCleave Author

Simon McCleave is a bestselling crime novelist. His first book, The Snowdonia Killings, was released in January 2020 and soon became an Amazon bestseller, reaching No. 1 in the Amazon UK Chart and selling over 150,000 copies.

Before he became an author, Simon was a script editor at the BBC and a producer at Channel 4, before working as a Story Analyst in Los Angeles. Throughout his career he has worked on films such as The Full Monty and television series such as Silent Witness, Murder In Suburbia, Teachers, The Bill, Eastenders and many more. His Channel 4 film 'Out of the Game' was critically acclaimed and described as 'an unflinching portrayal of male friendship' by Time Out.

Simon lives in North Wales with his wife and two children.