**Simon James Collier** (1967-)

Simon James Collier was born in England in 1967 where he works as a Producer and Director in the theatre circuit on over sixty plays and musicals in London, throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

Since 1992 Simon has also written and published over twenty books and novels (many through Sticky Buns Ltd. in Tunbridge Wells, Kent) for young adults, a number of which have been adapted for the stage like *Spooky Noises (Sep 1992)* and *Countess & Cabbages (Aug 1998)*, both produced at the Merlin Theatre, London.

Simon recently produced his first feature film, Dance With Me and has collaborated as editor with Pamela Ann Collier, Betty Edmonds, and Chris Loveless on Linda and Daniel Wilkinson's books in the *The Oonford Detective Agency* series.

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**Selected Publications**

*George The Germ*, with Michael Cooney and Tim Bouquet (1992)
*Spooky Noises* (Sep 1993)
*Fantastic Adventures In The Land Of Wishful Thinking...* also with Michael Cooney, Gillian Martin (Apr 1994)
*Mr. Dark* (Dec 1994)
*The Return Of The Pink Chicken* (Sep 1995)
*Final Sponge Cake* (May 1996)
*Countess And Cabbages* (Aug 1998)
*The Keeper* (Oct 1998)
*Norman* (Apr 1999)