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Simon Leighton-Porter

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Simon grew up in Sussex. After graduating from Southampton University with a degree in economics, he spent sixteen years in the Royal Air Force and was the first RAF pilot to fly the Mirage 2000 on operations over Iraq while on exchange with the French Air Force. Leaving the Service with the rank of Squadron Leader, he worked in the City of London as a derivatives broker and in various technology roles before becoming a director of a financial software company. He has also provided consultancy and software development services to a small group of global financial institutions and is a regular speaker on the international conference circuit.

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Average rating: 3.53 · 161 ratings · 12 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Seven Stars 3.23 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Manhattan Deception 3.94 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Minerva System (Death to Bankers, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Bomber Boys 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Death to Bankers really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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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A New Start

Lots has happened since I started this site and I'm ashamed to say it's many years since I last updated it. I've migrated 2 of my books, Bomber Boys and The Manhattan Deception, to Silver Quill Publishing and am working on second editions of all my other books prior to moving them across too.

Now I'm retired, I can finally spend more time, not only on updating my old titles, but working on new pro

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Simon Leighton-Porter wrote a new blog post A New Start Lots has happened since I started this site and I'm ashamed to say it's many years since I last updated it. I've migrated 2 of my books, Bomber Boys Read more of this blog post »
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Well, it seems there is a group for everything else out there, but not one specifically for promoting books. There are places within groups to do it, ...more

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