Simon James Green
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Simon James Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | English |
| Genre | YA fiction |
| Subject | LGBT |
| Website | |
| simonjamesgreen | |
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Simon James Green is an English screenplay writer, director and author, primarily known for his comedic novels in the LGBT Young Adult genre.
Biography[edit]
Green grew up in a rural town in Lincolnshire, writing his first story on his grandmother's typewriter, aged 12.
Career[edit]
Green worked as a director in the West End and on tour, involved in shows including The Rocky Horror Show, West Side Story, End of the Rainbow and Blues Brothers. He also worked in television, directing Hollyoaks.[1]
Green wrote a feature-length musical romcom for the BBC called Rules of Love.
In 2018 his first Young Adult novel "Noah Can't Even" was published by Scholastic.
Green branched out from YA fiction into middle-grade and picture book formats in 2020. He worked his first picture book with illustrator Garry Parsons on "Llama Glamarama" and his debut middle grade novel was "Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck".
Green has been nominated for several awards, including the Branford Boase Award (Noah Can't Even), the Carnegie Medal (Alex in Wonderland) and was a finalist for the Blue Peter Book Award (Life of Riley). He won the Bristol Teen Book Award in 2021 for "You're The One That I Want".
Cancelled School Visits[edit]
In March 2022, Green was scheduled to have a school author visit at John Fisher boy's school, Purley[2]. Green was due to speak and sign books at the south London Catholic school, but it was cancelled when the archdiocese announced the visit fell "outside the scope of what is permissible in a Catholic school". The school's senior leadership team, with the backing of governers, decided to initially go ahead with the visit, however the archdiocese cancelled the event, sacking several of the governers.
Green described the ban as "heartbreaking", saying that he "didn’t think this sort of thing could happen in the UK today. I was at school when section 28 was in force. So I know full well the horror of living under that legislation. But it was repealed in 2003. So I didn’t think a school today would go down that route," and "There was initial shock and dismay and hurt, but after that it was the students I felt most worried for. I know what it’s like to be a teenager at school, questioning yourself, and how vulnerable that can make you."
A subsequent visit two days later was also cancelled at St John's primary school in Gravesend.
Personal Life[edit]
Green lives in the UK with his two dogs, Beau and Dolly. He enjoys cooking.
The author is openly gay.
Works[edit]
Young Adult[edit]
- Noah Can't Even (2017)
- Noah Could Never (2018)
- Alex in Wonderland (2019)
- Heartbreak Boys (2020)
- You're The One That I Want (2021)
- Gay Club! (2022)
Middle Grade[edit]
- Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck (2020)
- Sleep-Over Take-Over (2022)
Picture Books[edit]
- Llama Glamarama (2020)
- Fabulous Frankie (2021)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Simon James Green". 19 January 2022.
- ↑ "Catholic church bans visit by gay author to London school". the Guardian. 9 March 2022.
External links[edit]
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