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Simon Van der Velde

3 Series • 3 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Silent Brother (2022)
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Start with: Backstories (2020)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Class of Ten (2015)

ⓘ About Simon Van der Velde

Since he completed his creative writing MA (with distinction) in the year 2010, his work has won and gotten shortlisted for numerous awards which include The Luke Bitmead Bursary, The Wasafiri New Writer Prize, The Yeovil Literary Prize (twice), The Readers Favorite Gold Medal, The Frome Prize, and The Harry Bowling Prize, establishing him as one of the UK’s foremost short story writers. Simon was a reflective and quiet kid and his house was always filled with books. He grew up reading all kinds of stuff. Hard-boiled detective novels, cheap thrillers, Le Carre, Dickens, World War II/Holocaust stuff, poetry, and Stephen King’s stuff. From such a rather odd base layer, then he moved onto finding books of his own.

All Book Series by Simon Van der Velde

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The Silent Brother

Single-title series · published 2022

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2022
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Backstories

Single-title series · published 2020

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2020
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Class of Ten

Single-title series · published 2015

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2015

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Simon Van der Velde?

Since he completed his creative writing MA (with distinction) in the year 2010, his work has won and gotten shortlisted for numerous awards which include The Luke Bitmead Bursary, The Wasafiri New Writer Prize, The Yeovil Literary Prize (twice), The Readers Favorite Gold Medal, The Frome Prize, and The Harry Bowling Prize, establishing him as one of the UK’s foremost short story writers. Simon was a reflective and quiet kid and his house was always filled with books. He grew up reading all kinds of stuff.

Which Simon Van der Velde series should I start with?

Simon Van der Velde's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Silent Brother (2022).

How many books has Simon Van der Velde written?

Simon Van der Velde has 3 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2022. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Short Story Collections and Anthologies.

In what order should Simon Van der Velde's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 3 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Simon Van der Velde's books organised into series?

This guide splits Simon Van der Velde's 3 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (1 book); Short Story Collections (1 book); Anthologies (1 book).