| Chat with Simon Rose |
Simon Rose was born in Derbyshire, England. He graduated from  university with a degree in history and has lived in Canada since 1990. He is also a graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature of West Redding, CT. Simon and his two children, dog and cat live in Calgary in Western Canada.
 Simon's first novel for middle grade readers, The Alchemist's Portrait, was published in 2003 followed by The Sorcerer's Letterbox in 2004, The Clone Conspiracy in 2005, The Emerald Curse in 2006, The Heretic's Tomb in 2007 and The Doomsday Mask in 2009. A seventh novel for middle grades, The Time Camera, will be published in spring 2011, along with The Insistence of Memory, a novel for young adults. Simon is also a contributing author to The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Volume One, has written several books for younger readers with
Weigl Educational Publishers, has a regular column 'Simon Says' with the National Writing for Children Center and works as a writer for Dark Roasted Blend online magazine.
Simon offers a wide variety of presentations, workshops and author in residence programs for schools and libraries, covering such topics as the writing process, editing and revision, where ideas come from and how writers turn them into stories, character development, historical fiction and historical research, story structure, the publishing world and more. He also offers virtual author visits by video using Skype.
He works as a creative writing instructor for home school students throughout the year and at summer camps  each July and August, is an instructor for adults with Chinook Learning Services,
University of Calgary and at the National Writing for Children Center,
and offers a variety of online workshops for both children and adults. Simon is a regular presenter at conferences and festivals, and served as a juror for the Governor General's Literary Awards for Children's Literature, the Saskatchewan Book Awards, the Parsec Awards
and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. He is the founder of Children's Authors and Illustrators on Facebook and is the
Assistant Regional Advisor for SCBWI Western Canada. Simon offers a number of services for writers, including manuscript evaluation, editing, writing workshops and coaching, plus writing services for the business community. Full details can be found at his website www.simon-rose.com. You may also visit his blog at http://simon-rose.blogspot.com/
, his channel on YouTube,follow him on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook
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