AUTHOR OF YOUNG ADULT NOVELS
Simon Higgins is a former police officer, prosecutor and private investigator. A long-term martial arts student and history buff, his international publishing career spans 25 years, 15 novels, and several foreign language editions. His resume includes 2 bestsellers, 2 Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book Awards, short-listings for Ned Kelly Crime Fiction and Aurealis Fantasy Awards, and a Fellowship of Australian Writers Award.
Simon holds a black belt in Iaido and came 5th in the traditional sword art's world titles in Kyoto, Japan, in 2008. He's authored short stories, visual novels, plays and screenplays for internationally-awarded films and animated TV shows. Simon has appeared at writers' festivals and taught creative writing and intercultural empathy in schools and universities globally. He now lives in southern China, lecturing tertiary students and writing for TV.
Simon holds a black belt in Iaido and came 5th in the traditional sword art's world titles in Kyoto, Japan, in 2008. He's authored short stories, visual novels, plays and screenplays for internationally-awarded films and animated TV shows. Simon has appeared at writers' festivals and taught creative writing and intercultural empathy in schools and universities globally. He now lives in southern China, lecturing tertiary students and writing for TV.
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The Moonshadow Trilogy
The Thunderfish Trilogy
The Moonshadow Trilogy comprises Eye of the Beast, The Wrath of Silver Wolf and The Twilight War. As fragile peace dawns in medieval Japan, an orphan raised by spymasters and veteran samurai is pitted against a brilliant warlord trying to plunge the nation back into war. Facing a plethora of enemies with remarkable abilities, young shinobi (ninja) Moonshadow finds an ally -and potential romantic interest- in the formidable, volatile Snowhawk. Along with courage, the duo's martial and preternatural skills must see them through not only hair-raising missions involving human and supernatural nemeses, but also moral dilemmas that threaten to turn them into foes.
Thunderfish, Under No Flag, and In the Jaws of the Sea make up the Thunderfish trilogy. After losing her father and inheriting his shipping empire, young Kira Beaumont witnesses a high seas massacre of refugees trying to reach Australia. With trauma spawning transformation, Kira uses her incredible resources to reinvent herself as the Captain Nemo of the 21st century. Building a rogue crew from her gifted multinational inner circle and upgrading a blackmarket submarine with experimental technology, Kira battles modern pirates and illegal whalers and attempts impossible rescues.
The Dream Web Files Trilogy
The Tomodachi Duology
Doctor Id, Cybercage, and The Stalking Zone form The Dream Web Files trilogy. The teenage daughter of a Special Crime Squad investigator, computer-obsessed Jade Draper relentlessly cyber-sleuths the city's most dangerous cases herself. She also struggles with harrowing flashes of precognition in bizarre dreams. Glamorous Lucy Van Daal and Jade's romantic interests, martial artist-hacker Wing Tran and rookie police detective Bruce King, support Jade's secret vigilantism. Together they take on a serial killer, a sociopathic genius, and finally a deranged master sniper.
Tomodachi: The Edge of the World and Tomodachi: The Forest of the Night follow adventurous youth Daniel Marlowe as he's shipwrecked in Japan and separated from his diplomat father in the deadly Age of Warring Clans. Finding unlikely 'tomodachi' (friends) in the young nobleman and escaped hostage Kenji and the beautiful, enigmatic Otsu, Daniel becomes entangled with spies, duellists, inter-clan wars and even the Japanese spirit world.
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Dragons of Dusk and Dawn
A thought-provoking, epic adventure, this is the exciting story of a remarkable lost turning point in history that could actually have happened.
OTHER SERIES
The Moonshadow Trilogy comprises Eye of the Beast, The Wrath of Silver Wolf and The Twilight War. As fragile peace dawns in medieval Japan, an orphan raised by spymasters and veteran samurai is pitted against a brilliant warlord trying to plunge the nation back into war. Facing a plethora of enemies with remarkable abilities, young shinobi (ninja) Moonshadow finds an ally -and potential romantic interest- in the formidable, volatile Snowhawk. Along with courage, the duo's martial and preternatural skills must see them through not only hair-raising missions involving human and supernatural nemeses, but also moral dilemmas that threaten to turn them into foes.
Doctor Id, Cybercage, and The Stalking Zone form The Dream Web Files trilogy. The teenage daughter of a Special Crime Squad investigator, computer-obsessed Jade Draper relentlessly cyber-sleuths the city's most dangerous cases herself. She also struggles with harrowing flashes of precognition in bizarre dreams. Glamorous Lucy Van Daal and Jade's romantic interests, martial artist-hacker Wing Tran and rookie police detective Bruce King, support Jade's secret vigilantism. Together they take on a serial killer, a sociopathic genius, and finally a deranged master sniper.
Thunderfish, Under No Flag, and In the Jaws of the Sea make up the Thunderfish trilogy. After losing her father and inheriting his shipping empire, young Kira Beaumont witnesses a high seas massacre of refugees trying to reach Australia. With trauma spawning transform-ation, Kira uses her incredible resources to reinvent herself as the Captain Nemo of the 21st century. Building a rogue crew from her gifted multinational inner circle and upgrading a blackmarket submarine with experimental technology, Kira battles modern pirates and illegal whalers and attempts impossible rescues.
Tomodachi: The Edge of the World and Tomodachi: The Forest of the Night follow adventurous youth Daniel Marlowe as he's shipwrecked in Japan and separated from his diplomat father in the deadly Age of Warring Clans. Finding unlikely 'tomodachi' (friends) in the young nobleman and escaped hostage Kenji and the beautiful, enigmatic Otsu, Daniel becomes entangled with spies, duellists, inter-clan wars and even the Japanese spirit world.
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