Simon Avery

My Photo

View Full Size

On Blogger since January 2009

Profile views - 2029

Report Abuse

My blogs

Blogs I follow

About me

Gender Male
Location Birmingham, United Kingdom
Introduction Born in Birmingham in 1971. I've been a writer of short fiction for over twenty years, and have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including Crimewave, Birmingham Noir, Black Static, The Third Alternative and The Best British Mysteries IV. I was nominated for the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2001 for Leaving Seven Sisters, published in Crimewave 4: Mood Indigo. I've recently completed a second novel, Everything Beautiful Is Far Away, as well as a private eye novel, Secret Skin, set in Paris.
Favorite Movies Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sabrina, The Iron Giant, Magnolia, Vertigo, Pandora's Box, Bride of Frankenstein, Night of the Hunter, Psycho, Casablanca, Some Like it Hot, The Wizard of Oz, Children of Men, Them, The Departed, La Vie en Rose, Paris Je'Taime, The Dark Knight, The Assasination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The Prestige, Citizen Kane, Heaven's Prisoners, And God Created Woman, The Wicker Man, American Beauty, Almost Famous, Casino Royale, 300, Garden State, Fight Club, Seven, Amelie, Donnie Darko, Capote, Walk the Line, Serenity, Shaun of the Dead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Miss Sunshine, Sin City, The Rules of Attraction...
Favorite Music Jeff Buckley, Serge Gainsbourg, Scott Walker, Tom Waits, Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave, Stina Nordenstam, Frank Sinatra, Anja Garbarek, Explosions in the Sky, Chris Isaak, Miles Davis, Anjani Thomas, Rufus Wainwright, Johnny Cash, Alizee, Jill Tracy, Bernadette Seacrest, Tool, Nerina Pallot, Tori Amos, Nick Drake, Marillion, Sammy Davis Jr, Roy Orbison, Leonard Cohen, Ute Lemper, Anthony and the Johnsons, Bat for Lashes, Marvin Gaye, Porcupine Tree, Dean Martin, The Church, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Carla Bruni, CoCo Rosie, Dream Theater, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Cat Stevens, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Emilie Autumn, Emilie Simon, John Coltrane, Juliette and the Licks, Keren Ann, King Crimson, Pink Martini, Queens of the Stone Age, Talk Talk, Vince Guaraldi, Richard Thompson, Carina Round, Pink Floyd, Vanessa and the O's, Robin McKelle, Richard Hawley, PJ Harvey, Nico, Nancy Sinatra, Julie London, Etta James
Favorite Books James Lee Burke, James Salter, A Sport and A Pastime, Michael Chabon, Paul Malmont, Derek Raymond, John D. MacDonald, Robert Crais, Michael Connolly, Christopher Priest, Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Robeson, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, J.G. Ballard, Joel Lane, Mark Billingham, Ian Rankin, Graham Joyce, James Ellroy, Jonathan Carroll, Ramsey Campbell, Mo Hayder, Stephen Fry, Phil Rickman, Richard Aleas, Clive Barker, Armistead Maupin, Henry Miller, Sarah Waters, Nicholas Royle, M. John Harrison, John Irving, Hard Case Crime, Regis Loisel, Serpieri, Allesandro Barbucci, Enki Bilal, Jodorowsky, Moebius