Simon Rose is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels for children and young adults and several writing guides for both aspiring and established authors, including The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Flashback, Future Imperfect, Twisted Fate, Parallel Destiny, the Shadowzone series, the Stone of the Seer series, An Untimely Death, The Order of Excalibur novels, The Memory Bank novels, The Children’s Writer’s Guide, The Time Traveler’s Guide, The Working Writer’s Guide, Where Do Ideas Come From? and many non-fiction books on a wide variety of topics.
He works as a writing coach, consultant, and editor for authors in all genres and for all age groups, am currently a writing instructor at the University of Calgary and have served as the Writer-in-Residence with the Canadian Authors Association. He’s worked as a writing instructor at Mount Royal University, as a story coach for the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Author Development Program, an assessor for grant programs with Calgary Arts Development, conduct writing classes and workshops both in person and online, provide programs for schools, and offer a range of writing services for the business community.