I was born in Nigeria and was raised in a number of countries before settling in Britain. Like my brothers I have always been interested in writing and started on my first novel once I had finished my degree and started working in the civil service. After two years of working in London I decided that I was better suited to a more academic career and returned to university to do a research degree. Once that was over I became a teacher. It was a great job. I have worked alongside some fine colleagues and great students. I would truly recommend teaching as a profession since the rewards are so diverse and real.

After I secured my first book deal I continued teaching full-time for as long as possible, before I was forced to scale back on my hours to focus on the writing.  Finally, at the start of 2005, I realised that I could not teach well while devoting so much time to writing and reluctantly decided to give up on teaching until I had more time to devote to it.

At the moment I am committed to writing one book a year in the EAGLE series as well as one book for other projects.

Simon’s agent is Meg Davis

Meg@mbalit.co.uk

MBA Literary Agents Ltd

62 Grafton Way

London W1T 5DW

Tel: 0207 387 2076

Simon can be contacted at:

Simonscarrow @ hotmail.co.uk

Simon’s  publisher

Headline Books Ltd

338 Euston Road

London

NW1 3BH

Tel: 0207 863 6000