Simon James Green

@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social

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Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more! www.simonjamesgreen.com

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Screenshot from article in The Bookseller. Text reads: Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK, has pre-empted two "gripping" YA novels from Simon James Green
The cover for Cold Turkey, featuring two boys running towards us pulling a roast turkey in a trolley, on a red background. Text reads: Selected for Book Spark 2025
Me, holding up a copy of Llama Glamarama, a picture book featuring a gold foil cover with Larry the llama on the front, and the word ‘banned’ overlaying it.
Me and Mama G (a beautiful panto dame!) at our signing table with copies of A Year of Pride and Joy.
Me, Lewis Hancox, and Laura Noakes with our awards, in front of a huge bookcase of old books at The Royal Society.
Me, in front of a school wall display advertising my author visit. Copies of Finn Jones Was Here, Heartbreak Boys and The Big Ask are visible on the table in front.
Me with my trophy!
Me, holding a copy of my YA novel, Gay Club! against a background of multicoloured, sparkling lights.
Text in a blue background reads: Society of Authors - Stop thief! Meta must #Do The Write Thing. An illustrated picture of protesters is at the bottom, holding placards saying things like ‘make it fair’
Front cover of The Big Ask, with yellow background and Alfie and Harvey standing either side of the title words.
Me outside a school library where various book spines are painted on the wall. Finn Jones Was Here is featured, alongside Ghost Boys, Boy, Everywhere, Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates.
The cover of Finn Jones Was Here on a blue background with text reading: Winner 2025
The cover of THE BIG ASK, with yellow background and Alfie and Harvey standing either side of huge lettering reading: THE BIG ASK. There is a blue star in the top right corner.
Train info which reads: this train has been cancelled because of failure of the electricity supply.
A grid of nine squares, from top left to bottom right: formatting of your PowerPoint is ruined because school uses Google slides; a kid asking, “How old are you?”; a train departure board all trains reading ‘cancelled’ or ‘delayed’; a sharpie pen; an Apple alarm screen with the alarms for 05:00, 05:05 and 05:10 activated; a packet of Vocalzone throat sweets; a packet of Lemsip Max; the Premier Inn logo and the words ‘kitchen staff banging around during your talk.’
Me, on stage, with George Lester, who is looking fabulous in drag in a blue number with a blonde wig, whereas I look rather ordinary and regular. We are sitting next to one another on bar stools, a table between us, as we chat.
Me, on stage, with a huge backdrop projection featuring my own face and the front cover of Finn Jones Was Here.
A promotional graphic featuring the cover of the book. Text reads; WATERSTONES 25% OFF: ON UPCOMING BOOKS 22 - 24 February | Online Only Get 25% OFF: on a wide selection of pre-orders with Available at Waterstones.com
Front cover of Cold Turkey featuring kit and Hamza running towards us with a tartan shopping trolley containing a roast turkey.
Me holding a copy of the book, A Year of Pride and Joy. The cover is bright yellow, with vibrant splashes of other colours, and illustrations of some of the contributors, including Tom Daley, Miriam Margoyles and Ranj Singh.
A group of year 7 students (11-12 years old) queuing up to get their books signed by me at desk outside a school library.
A picture of my home office, with desk, mac, and a series of coloured postcards stuck to the wall in columns with writing on them. You can’t make out the words because that’s top secret, sorry.
Benjamin, Rashmi, and me, Simon, sitting next to one another after our panel event in Waterstones.
The front cover of The Boy I Love, featuring two British soldiers.
Me, William Hussey, and fellow YA author George Lester standing in Gay’s the Word bookshop.
A screen shot of the Waterstones blog, featuring an author photo of William Hussey alongside the cover of his book, The Boy I Love. Some of the covers of the books he recommends are also visible, including Boy Like Me.
Me, sitting on my sofa at home with a copy of The Twyford code by Janice Hallett.
The shortlisted books featuring the covers and author pics - includes I Am Wolf, The Double life of Ted Amos, The Hidden Story of Estie Noor, The Wrong Shoes and Tide Magic.
Me, holding up my three 2024 releases: Jack Splash (cowritten with Tom Daley), The Double Life of Ted Amos and The Big Ask.
Three cavalier King Charles spaniels (two Blenheim, one tricolour) sitting on my lap on my sofa.
An early review copy of People Like Stars wrapped in an orange ribbon, including a gold star with ‘Simon’ written on it.
A tri-colour cavalier King Charles spaniel looking straight at the camera.
Betty, a Blenheim cavalier King Charles spaniel with her paw on the first window of a dog advent calendar.
The stage at the theatre with a huge projection at the back featuring the shortlisted book covers, including Finn Jones Was Here, Steady for This, City of Stolen Magic, The Final Year, Twig Man, Song Walker, and Safiyyah’s War.
Betty, a Blenheim cavalier King Charles spaniel cuddling with Dolly, a tri-colour cavalier King Charles spaniel, on the back seat of a car. They are both wearing pink surgical suits.
The cover of my picture book, Llama Glamarama, with a shimmering gold sequin effect background, and a llama in the foreground wearing a red hat and rainbow feather boa.
Graphic reads ‘2025 shortlist’ with images of the book covers below - including Finn Jones Was Here, The Fights That Make Us, Reggie Houser has the power, and Echostar. Text below reads: Brilliant book awards for secondary schools.
Panel event at YALC. I’m sitting on stage next to four other authors as we chat. There’s an audience in the foreground.
Various bits of book swag, including Big Ask bookmarks, Alex in Wonderland tote bags, Gay Club pin badges, Noah banana badges, and Heartbreak Boys print.
Me, balancing a stack of my books in my hands, titles include Noah Can’t Even, Noah Could Never, Alex in Wonderland, Heartbreak Boys, You’re the One That I Want, Gay Club, and Boy Like Me
Me holding a copy of my novel Alex in Wonderland in a school hall.
Me at a signing table surrounded by some 11-13 year olds holding copies of Noah Could Never and Sleepover Takeover.
The Jack Splash book cover - with blue ocean background, and the title Jack Splash in yellow. Jack is centre, a 10 year old boy in a red top, headphones around his neck, leaping towards us.
Me, Ben and Ruby in mid conversation sitting on chairs for the panel. A rug is on the floor which appears at every panel event at this store.