Simon Brett is the creator of six series of detective novels, as well as ten stand-alone novels. His stand-alone novel A Shock to the System was adapted as a film starring Michael Caine. He has been awarded the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger for an outstanding body of work and the Malice Domestic Award for lifetime achievement. He was awarded an OBE in the 2016 New Year's Honours for Services to Literature and also was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is a former president of Britain's Crime Writers Association. He worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full-time.
