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Simon Kearns grew up in Northern Ireland and lives in the South of France. His debut novel, Virtual Assassin (Revenge Ink, 2010), explores personal responsibility in a corrupt society. Dark Waves (Blood Bound Books, 2014), is about a powerful haunting and the rationalist determined to debunk it.
The Night Has Seen Your Mind, (Elsewhen Press, 2021), is a speculative thriller set in Alaska.

He has recently signed with Andrew Nurnberg Associates and is currently working on an epic high-concept speculative novel which opens in bronze-age Europe, intercut with the present day. It explores themes of reinvention, loss and the great arc of human endeavour.

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	The Night Has Seen Your Mind 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 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
	Fae Visions of the Mediterranean by Valeria Vitale (editor), Djibril al-Ayad (Goodreads Author) (editor), Maria Grech Ganado (contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	Get Lit, Round 1: Flash Fiction by Marcus Speh (Goodreads Author) (Author), Dan Cafaro (Editor), Katrina Gray (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	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
	Dark Waves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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
	Virtual Assassin. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 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
	Cradle of the Dead / Dark Waves by Roger Jackson, Simon Kearns (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	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
	The Hyper-Reality Show 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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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Simon Kearns liked Brian Paulsen's review of The Night Has Seen Your Mind: "This book was exactly what I was expecting and hoping for. I love me some “people in a remote location going through some shit” and that is precisely what we got. I struggled a bit with the character of Cassian, I just generally struggle to connect w" Read more of this review »
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