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- There’s been some writing for the theatre too. My humorous stage thrillers, Murder In Play and Silhouette, still get produced regularly by amdrams, and five of my pantomimes have been performed at The Theatre, Chipping Norton. I also usually write a short play for the annual Arundel Festival.
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- Publication Order of Anthologies
- Early Life and Schooling
- The Writing Career
- Works Done
- A Shock to The System
- Charles Paris Series: Cast in Order of Appearance
- Family Ties
- Other Pastimes
Simon Brett is a British renowned prolific writer of Mystery & Crime Thrillers, Children and Humor writings. He is an author of Crime novels and series, a playwright of theatre works and a writer of Television and radio productions. He is best known for his Mrs Pargeter novels, his much-loved Fethering series and the Charles Paris detective crime s...
Simon was born to a father who was a chartered Surveyor and a mother who was a teacher in Worcester Park, United Kingdom on October 28, 1945. Simon began his education journey at Beacon School in Banstead where his mother was a teacher. He later joined Homefield, a boys’ prep school in Sutton. He took an Eleven Plus exam rather than the popular Com...
As a trainee, he produced music programs, sketch shows, panel games, anthologies and light drama. He was also to manage the BBC machinery while at work. It was while on this job that he got the idea of doing crime fiction. He wrote about an actor detective and his manuscript was picked up thereby getting his Charles Paris novel, Cast in Order of Ap...
Simon is popular for his Mrs Pargeter novels, the Fethering series and the Charles Paris detective series. He has also authored novels such as A Shock in The System(1984), Dead Romantic (1985), The Three Detectives and The Missing Superstar (1986) among many others. His list of non-fiction material include: Baby Tips for Grandparents(2005), On Seco...
The main character in this mystery book is a Mr. Graham Marshall. His ambitious nature has brought him success n his profession. He gets shocked when passed over for promotion by a colleague but he is to get more shocked when he is implicated for murder.
It is a detective series that revolves around deaths and comedy. Marius Steen , a theatrical tycoon is killed. Bill Sweet, a shady blackmailer is also killed. All these crimes await Charles Paris, rather confused character who moves from women to booze to solve. He finds himself in one puzzle after the other with him even finding himself in bed wit...
Simon Brett is married to Lucy and the two have three children, He met Lucy at BBC while he was still working there. Lucy was a studio manager on many programs that Simon Brett was working on. Their children are Sophie (1974), Alastair (1977) and Jack (1981). They also have two grandchildren from Sophie and her husband Jeremy.
When Simon is not doing his writing jobs, he is most probably reading, going to watch theatre stage plays or doing the The Times crossword. He also loves playing Tennis on the court at Petworth House.
Simon Anthony Lee Brett OBE FRSL (born 28 October 1945 in Worcester Park, Surrey, England) is a British author of detective fiction, a playwright, and a producer-writer for television and radio.
- Simon Brett
- 1986
Although there are probably not quite as many novels on theatrical themes as one might imagine, one writer has done his best to redress that balance. To date, Simon Brett has written 20 novels featuring Charles Paris, a jobbing actor who has the misfortune to find himself surrounded by murders at every turn.
I also regularly write an annual short play for the Arundel Festival Drip Action Theatre Trail. Others of my stage plays which are regularly performed by amateur dramatic societies include ‘Murder in Play’ and ‘Silhouette’ (both in Samuel French acting editions) and ‘Murder with Ghosts’ (published by StageScripts.
Silhouette, his third play, was written in 1998, and was staged by the Progressive Players in 1999. In 2000 Simon Brett was appointed president of the Detection Club (formed in 1930 by, among others, Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers), and held the post until 2015.
Feb 1, 2014 · Simon Brett sends up the claustrophobic and egotistical world of amateur dramatics when Carole Seddon and Jude look into the death of the male lead of a local production of George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple. Back-stabbing, preening, and an all-consuming thirst to be the center of attention permeate the Smalting Amateur Dramatic and ...
