Chris Simms' acclaimed novel, Killing the Beasts was selected as a Best Crime book for 2005 by SHOTS magazine. His second novel, Pecking Order, was selected as a Best British crime novel by DEADLY PLEASURES magazine. He was also selected as a Waterstone's Author for the Future, one of twenty-five writers tipped by publishers, editors and agents, to produce the most impressive body of work over the next quarter century. He was nominated for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year and for a Crime Writer's Association Dagger. Chris lives in Manchester.