Jake Wallis Simons

Jake Wallis Simons is a novelist, journalist and graphic artist. His acclaimed first novel, The Exiled Times of a Tibetan Jew, was named by the Independent on Sunday as a Book of the Year. His second novel, The English German Girl – about the Kindertransport – was published by Polygon in April 2011 and was one of the selections for the inaugural Fiction Uncovered promotion. As 'Jake Simons', he is the author of a thriller about the Mossad, The Pure, published in 2012.

Jake’s comics have been commissioned by The Times, for whom he writes regular features. He has also written features for the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, the Telegraph, La Repubblica and other publications. He is a contributor to BBC Radio 4′s From Our Own Correspondent.

Born in London in 1978, Jake was awarded a first-class degree in English from St Peter’s College, Oxford, before undertaking a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Jake is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and Practitioner-in-Residence at Bournemouth University. He lives with his family in Winchester.