Simon Lewis

(b.1971)

Simon Lewis was born in Wales and grew up in Scotland. He studied Art at Goldmiths College in London, then worked as a travel writer, researching the Rough Guide to China, Beijing, and Shanghai as well as writing for newspapers and magazines.

He is the author of the backpacker novel GO (Corgi, 1999), which he wrote in a village in the Himalayas. It has been translated into German, Italian and Swedish. His second novel, BAD TRAFFIC (Sort Of Books, 2008) is a crime thriller about people smugglers.

He spends half his time in Brixton, London, and the rest in Asia, mostly China and Japan.

Genres: Mystery

New and upcoming books

August 2025

No Exit
(Inspector Jian, book 3)

Series

Inspector Jian
   1. Bad Traffic (2008)
   2. Border Run (2012)
   3. No Exit (2025)

Novels

Go (1997)

Books containing stories by Simon Lewis

Oxcrimes (2014)
27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters
edited by
Peter Florence

Brit-pulp! (1999)
New Fast and Furious Stories from the Literary Underground
edited by
Tony White

Award nominations

2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : Bad Traffic

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