Simon Laffy
Simon Laffy was born in Hoxton, London. Both his parents served in the Armed Forces during World War II, kindling a strong interest in military affairs since childhood.
Simon entered a professional career in music at 20 years old, signing three major record contracts and working as a composer, performer, producer and live artist. He has written and performed on 35 albums, composed film soundtracks, themes for commercials and television shows, and has played live concerts, TV and radio shows across the globe.
In the 1990's, he began working as a freelance journalist, producing copy for 'one-shot' magazines on music and sports. He currently contributes articles called ‘Make Better Music’ to the arts and culture magazine, Trebuchet.
In 2004, Laffy’s continuing music career saw him become a member of Manraze, a glitter punk experiment alongside Phil Collen of Def Leppard and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols. While also working commercially with members of Duran Duran, he gathered enough latent material to start writing novels.
His first book, SEED OF SATAN, takes us deep inside the Kaiser’s Reich, where scientists work desperately to produce a form of germ warfare that will provide the elusive breakthrough on the Western Front. They hope to end the years of stalemate and slaughter by bringing total victory to the Central Powers. One young Englishman is willing to risk his all to prevent them from succeeding.
His second offering, RED SUNRISE, is a literary thriller based in the Pacific southwest at the end of WWII that brings the reader into the mind of a warrior turned anti-war hero. He seeks redemption for the loss of both his ship and his family, but how can his natural fighting spirit triumph against the growing tide of US Cold War policy?
Simon's third novel is titled FIRE OF THE SUN. It is set in early 1939 and a cold chill grips the spy networks of Europe. There are terrible rumours, dark whispers of the discovery of a vast reservoir of ancient knowledge by the Axis Powers. What is certain is that people are being killed to maintain the silence.
Laffy’s novels are breakneck lights-out rides through the big story scenery of familiar historical events with hairpin twists and telegraphic destinations. Do we ever really know the whole story?
