Simon Hawkins is an award-winning songwriter, producer, and Amazon best-selling author, based on the south coast of England. In 2004, Simon became a full-time songwriter and was quickly signed by Universal Music Publishing in Nashville (Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing/Universal CMG), where he has some 200 songs in his catalog. In 2010, he founded his publishing company, Great British Music, which now represents his work. Simon's songs have been recorded by Vince Gill and Sheri Easter (Livin' in the Rain), American Idol finalist Mandisa (Truth About Me), Abandon (Known), Avalon (Destined), Gold City (Never Too Broken) and many others in a range of genres. Livin' in the Rain reached #2 on the SoGo charts and was long-listed for a Grammy. In 2012, Mandisa's album What If We Were Real, which included Truth About Me, was nominated for a Grammy. Never Too Broken reached #1 on the SoGo charts in autumn 2014. Simon also received a Dove nomination for the musical LifeSong: The Musical, written with Sue C Smith. In 2015, Simon's modern hymn He Is God won the Integrity Music Search for a Hymn 2015 competition, which he recorded with Integrity/Thankyou Music. Simon's book Song Maps - A New System to Write Your Best Lyrics is still a #1 best seller on Amazon, internationally. Simon is on the faculty of Write About Jesus, an annual conference based in St Louis, Missouri, that aims to equip and inspire Christian songwriters. He is also part of Harbour Creative, an HTB church plant in Portsmouth, England.
