Simon is a Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author with several million copies of his books sold worldwide. After a childhood spent travelling the world, he pursued his great love of history as a teacher, before becoming a full-time writer. His books include two Berlin thrillers featuring CI Schenke, “Blackout” (a Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and Sunday Times bestseller), and “Dead of Night” (a top-10 bestseller). He is also the author of a quartet of novels about the lives of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte, and wrote the novels “Arena” and “Invader” with T.J.Andrews. Simon will be talking about his writing and his new book “A Death in Berlin” featuring CI Horst Schenke, fighting crime against the backdrop of wartime Berlin.