Simon Green is a popular science fiction writer from England. He began to publish his works as a student, but became widely known much later when he released a series of books "The Death Hunter" and "Hawk Fisher."
Biography: early years
Simon Richard Green was born on August 25, 1955 in Bradford-upon-Avon, in the English county of Wiltshire. In this small town, whose streets are very reminiscent of the medieval, the childhood of the future science fiction passed.
After school, Simon moved to Leicester, where he continued his education at a local university at the Faculty of Philology. Within its walls, he studied history, modern English and American literature.
The first book was written by Green in 1973. Initially, he, as they say, wrote to the table, not thinking about publishing his works. However, then Simon revised his views and decided to publish stories. He managed to sell the first of them in 1976. But the story, which was called "Assassin Killers, " saw the light much later. Green began to send works to publishers, but for a long time his manuscripts were dismissed.
Career
In 1988, Simon began working as a salesman in a bookstore in Bath, in the south-west of England. Soon, he received a response from the publisher, to whom he sent the manuscripts two years ago. It turned out that he did not immediately get to know them. The publisher offered Simon a contract under which he was supposed to write several novels. So the famous series "Hawk and Fisher" was released.
In 1991, the adventure film "Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves" was released. The main character was played by Kevin Costner, who at that time was not yet so famous. He also made a second director. Simon Green turned to the creators of this film with a proposal to write a novel, which will be an artistic adaptation of the plot. In the literature, such works are called novelization. The creators agreed, asking for a fee of 4% of book sales. Then few people believed in the success of not only the novel, but also the film itself. And the success was deafening. The film became the box office record holder, and Simon’s book became a bestseller. Its circulation was about 400 thousand pieces.
On the account of Green writing several cycles of books, among which:
- "Dark side";
- "Kingdom of the Forest";
- "Death Hunter";
- "World of the Mists".
Green's books are in demand among modern connoisseurs of the science fiction genre. Many readers often call Simon’s novels "the golden mean of fantasy. In his books everything is in moderation, humor, riddles. Literary critics call Green's main merit the ability to create an atmosphere of those worlds in which the action unfolds.
