Simon Spurrier

Simon Spurrier
Spurrier at the 2012 New York Comic Con
Born	(1981-05-02) 2 May 1981 (age 43)
Occupation	Comic book writer, novelist
Nationality	English
Period	2001–present
Genre	Comic book, science fiction
Notable works	Lobster Random Bec & Kawl The Simping Detective Harry Kipling Contract Star Wars: Doctor Aphra
Website
www.simonspurrier.com

Simon "Si" Spurrier^[1] (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC.

Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write his own series for 2000 AD, like Lobster Random, Bec & Kawl, The Simping Detective and Harry Kipling, as well as a number of stories for the flagship character Judge Dredd. In recent years he has broken into the American comic book industry, writing mainly for Marvel Comics. He also wrote Marvel's X-Force in 2014 and 2015, which starred the characters Cable, Psylocke, Marrow and Fantomex.^[2]

He started co-writing Star Wars: Doctor Aphra from Marvel Comics with Kieron Gillen in November 2017 on issues #14-19, taking over with issue #20 in May 2018.

Simon has also written a number of novels, initially on other people's properties, but in 2006 he signed a two-book contract with Hodder Headline, the first of which was Contract (2007) and the second A Serpent Uncoiled (2011).^{[citation needed]}