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Simon Van Booy


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Simon Van Booy was born in London and grew up in rural Wales and Oxford. After playing football in Kentucky, he lived in Paris and Athens. In 2002 he was awarded an MFA and won the H.R. Hays Poetry Prize. His journalism has appeared in magazines and newspapers including the New York Times and the New York Post.
 


Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical, General Fiction
 
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Books containing stories by Simon Van Booy
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Bio-Punk (2012)
Stories from the Far Side of Research
(Science-Into-Fiction)
edited by
Ra Page

Award nominations
2025 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : Sipsworth


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The Bright Years (2025)
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The Voids (2022)
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