Simon grew up in Sussex. After graduating from Southampton University with a degree in economics, he spent sixteen years in the Royal Air Force and was the first RAF pilot to fly the Mirage 2000 on operations over Iraq while on exchange with the French Air Force. Leaving the Service with the rank of Squadron Leader, he worked in the City of London as a derivatives broker and in various technology roles before becoming a director of a leading financial software company. He also provides consultancy and software development services to a small group of global financial institutions and is a regular speaker on the international conference circuit. His passion for history, languages and archaeology have come together to create Flora Kemble, Oxford University palaeographer and heroine of his first novel, The Seven Stars, an adult thriller that weaves a tale of deception and murder stretching from ancient Rome to the present day.Simon's second book, The Manhattan Deception, is now available on Kindle and in paperback. His most recent novel, Death to Bankers - a sequel to The Minerva System - is out on Kindle and will shortly be available in paperback.Simon is a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and splits his time between work in the UAE and a far more relaxing time with his wife, Wendy - also a Mauve Square author - with their two cats at home in south-west France.