About

Simon is a decorated retired Police Officer having served 30 years in Scotland and abroad.

Brought up and educated in Edinburgh, Simon had many part time jobs while at school, latterly in a pub as a glass collector.  An injury to to the pub bouncer saw Simon step up as a nervous 17 year old to the role of bouncer.  He credits this as the start of his career in reading people and situations as well as conflict management. Talking people down was a survival tactic at first, but quickly became a skill he mastered and utilised.

A long, varied and fulfilling career in Policing followed. 

Simon studied Creative Writing through the Open University and has had poetry and short stories published. The SAS Vigilant series are his first full length fiction works. 

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