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Simon Stephenson

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I am from Edinburgh in Scotland, but now reside in Los Angeles, California. I have had stopovers along the way in London and San Francisco. I’m a writer and screenwriter, and before I became a full-time writer I was a physician.

My new novel, ‘Sometimes People Die’ will be published in September 2022. It's a literary thriller set in a hospital in east London around the turn of the millenium.

I have written two other books. ‘Set My Heart To Five’ came out in 2020. The Washington Post review said that I might be ‘Vonnegut’s first true protege’. You’d better believe I have been dining out on that ever since, and will be for the rest of my days.

‘Let Not the Waves Of the Sea’, my memoir about losing my brother came out in 2012 ...more

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	Sometimes People Die 3.95 avg rating — 4,144 ratings — published 2022 — 14 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
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	Let Not the Waves of the Sea 4.28 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2011 — 7 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
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	The Snowman Code: New for 2024, a heartwarming, illustrated winter story of friendship for readers aged 7+ 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings — 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
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“George looked genuinely devastated, and for my own part I felt like I had kicked a puppy. I told myself it was an educational experience, but what can a puppy ever learn from being kicked?”
― Simon Stephenson, Sometimes People Die

tags: golden-rule, life-lessons, respect, truth

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“When a human invites you somewhere, the polite thing to do is to accept. Unless they are inviting you for the sake of politeness itself. On those occasions, the polite thing to do is to decline! Human interaction can be best understood as a never-ending arms race of politeness.”
― Simon Stephenson, Set My Heart to Five

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“Perhaps Elon Musk had even been on to something when he ‘accidentally’ incinerated the moon!”
― Simon Stephenson, Set My Heart to Five

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