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Simon Chesterman is David Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) at the National University of Singapore, where he is also the founding Dean of NUS College. Educated in Melbourne, Beijing, and Oxford, he has lived and worked in Singapore since 2006. Simon is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including the young adult Raising Arcadia trilogy and the standalone I, Huckleberry. The novel Artifice is his first work of general fiction.

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	Raising Arcadia (Raising Arcadia, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 123 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artifice 3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Arcadia (Raising Arcadia, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 49 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Being Arcadia (Raising Arcadia, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Huckleberry 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We, the Robots?: Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just War or Just Peace?: Humanitarian Intervention and International Law (Oxford Monographs in International Law) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secretary or General?: The UN Secretary-General in World Politics by Simon Chesterman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kofi Annan (Foreword) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies by Simon Chesterman (Goodreads Author) (editor), Chia Lehnardt (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Nation Under Surveillance: A New Social Contract to Defend Freedom Without Sacrificing Liberty 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Breaking down in tears won’t help her and we don’t have time to cycle through the stages of grief. Or, if it will make you feel better, I can do so quickly: This can’t be — it’s not fair! Why don’t you take me instead, God? I’m so sad. But I have to get on with my life.”
― Simon Chesterman, Raising Arcadia

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“Consciousness is a story that we tell ourselves. But what if that story is a lie?”
― Simon Chesterman, I, Huckleberry

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