Simon Doyle was born and raised in Ireland. He discovered that he could travel the world on a shoestring by reading books at a very young age. When he won a local poetry competition at the age of nine, it sparked a lifetime love of words. But he swears never to write poetry again.
His first novel was Runaway Train, book 1 of the Runaway Bay series. Is is known for Snow Boys and This is Not a Vampire Story.
When he is not writing, he enjoys reading and painting, and he is working towards a qualification as a mindfulness coach, where he hopes one day to help others in the way that he has been helped.
He has lived in Ireland as well as England and, for a brief time, the United States.
He now lives on the west of Ireland with an extremely neurotic border collie, and Lucas, his human soulmate. They got married in 2022. They first met in kindergarten – where all good stories begin.
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