Simon Mason

Simon Mason is a British author of crime fiction and children's literature. He studied English at Oxford and has written novels for both adults and younger readers. His children's novel Moon Pie was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The Broken Afternoon is part of his Detective Inspector Wilkins series, which brings a sharp, literary sensibility to the police procedural. Mason's crime fiction is distinguished by its psychological depth, its well-observed social settings, and its quietly devastating character work. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers intelligent, character-driven crime fiction where the investigation reveals as much about the detective as it does about the crime.