Simon Hall (writer)
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Simon Hall is the BBC
's Crime Correspondent in the South West of England. He is also the author of the Dan Groves and Adam Breen detective novels, in which a TV reporter and a detective work together to solve crimes.http://www.thetvdetective.com
Hall works for BBC South West
Television's regional news programme, Spotlight
, but also broadcasts on BBC Radio Devon
and BBC Radio Cornwall
.
Hall has covered many high profile stories, including the attempt to detonate a bomb in the Giraffe restaurant in Exeter, the grounding of the container ship The Napoli in east Devon, and the flooding of the Cornish village of Boscastle
.
He went to Littlehampton Community School and then the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he joined the college radio station, UKC Radio.
Hall later did a diploma in broadcast journalism at University College, Cardiff.
Hall joined the BBC as a trainee. He later worked for ITV. He worked around England before settling in the South West.
Simon is married to Jess, who is an assistant director at the University of Exeter. They live in Exeter.
-based television crime reporter, Dan Groves, nicknamed "The TV Detective", who often helps police to solve cases that he is reporting on. The books are all set in Devon.
The first novel, A Popular Murder, was published by a print-on-demand company in 2006.
A mainstream publisher, Accent Press, published Hall's next book, The Death Pictures, in February 2008. The plot concerns the murder of a dying artist. It was published in the United States in October 2008.
Evil Valley came out in September 2008. The story is about preventing a psychopath from committing a crime. Much of the action is set on Dartmoor
.
The Judgement Book was published in September 2009. The story is about blackmail.
The TV Detective was published in February 2010. It tells how Groves and Adam Breen, the chief inspector in the series first met and is partly based on A Popular Murder.
The Balance of Guilt was published in September 2010. The story surrounds a terrorist atrocity in a sacred building in Exeter.
Hall has been longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association
Dagger in the Library award, for writers most popular with library users.
Audio versions of the novels, narrated by Hall, and ebooks are in production.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Crime Correspondent in the South West of England. He is also the author of the Dan Groves and Adam Breen detective novels, in which a TV reporter and a detective work together to solve crimes.http://www.thetvdetective.com
Hall works for BBC South West
BBC South West
BBC South West is the BBC English Region serving Devon, Cornwall and the Channel Islands.-Television:BBC South Wests television service consists of the flagship regional news service Spotlight, the opt-out service BBC Channel Islands, the topical magazine programme Inside Out and a 20-minute...
Television's regional news programme, Spotlight
Spotlight (BBC South West News)
Spotlight is the BBC's regional news programme for the southwest of England, covering Cornwall, Devon, West Dorset, and Somerset. There is also a special version of the programme for viewers in the Channel Islands. The main version of the programme broadcasts between 18:30 and 18:58 on weekdays,...
, but also broadcasts on BBC Radio Devon
BBC Radio Devon
BBC Radio Devon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Devon. It began transmissions on 17 January 1983, replacing a previous breakfast show for Devon and Cornwall broadcast on the local frequencies of Radio 4....
and BBC Radio Cornwall
BBC Radio Cornwall
BBC Radio Cornwall is the BBC Local Radio service for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in the United Kingdom. It broadcasts from its studios on Phoenix Wharf in Truro on 95.2 in the east, 96.0 on the Isles of Scilly and 103.9 in the west MHz FM, as well as on DAB.Andrew George, MP for St Ives, has...
.
Hall has covered many high profile stories, including the attempt to detonate a bomb in the Giraffe restaurant in Exeter, the grounding of the container ship The Napoli in east Devon, and the flooding of the Cornish village of Boscastle
Boscastle
Boscastle is a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Forrabury and Minster. It is situated 14 miles south of Bude and 5 miles north-east of Tintagel....
.
Biography
Hall was born in the village of Oakley, in Bedfordshire. (His parent later moved to Lincoln, and then Littlehampton in West Sussex.)He went to Littlehampton Community School and then the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he joined the college radio station, UKC Radio.
Hall later did a diploma in broadcast journalism at University College, Cardiff.
Hall joined the BBC as a trainee. He later worked for ITV. He worked around England before settling in the South West.
Simon is married to Jess, who is an assistant director at the University of Exeter. They live in Exeter.
Writing career
Hall has written several novels about a PlymouthPlymouth
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
-based television crime reporter, Dan Groves, nicknamed "The TV Detective", who often helps police to solve cases that he is reporting on. The books are all set in Devon.
The first novel, A Popular Murder, was published by a print-on-demand company in 2006.
A mainstream publisher, Accent Press, published Hall's next book, The Death Pictures, in February 2008. The plot concerns the murder of a dying artist. It was published in the United States in October 2008.
Evil Valley came out in September 2008. The story is about preventing a psychopath from committing a crime. Much of the action is set on Dartmoor
Dartmoor
Dartmoor is an area of moorland in south Devon, England. Protected by National Park status, it covers .The granite upland dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history. The moorland is capped with many exposed granite hilltops known as tors, providing habitats for Dartmoor wildlife. The...
.
The Judgement Book was published in September 2009. The story is about blackmail.
The TV Detective was published in February 2010. It tells how Groves and Adam Breen, the chief inspector in the series first met and is partly based on A Popular Murder.
The Balance of Guilt was published in September 2010. The story surrounds a terrorist atrocity in a sacred building in Exeter.
Hall has been longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association
Crime Writers' Association
The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....
Dagger in the Library award, for writers most popular with library users.
Audio versions of the novels, narrated by Hall, and ebooks are in production.