Simon Lawder

Simon Lawder’s career in advertising and his subsequent work lecturing and coaching on ethical leadership have given him plenty of opportunity to meet and observe leaders great, good and bad at close quarters.

He likes to base each piece of his writing on what he calls “one of today's Big Questions”.

Under Current’s Big Question goes like this:

Can we really believe that no more spy rings have been discovered inside the British Government since Philby, Burgess, Maclean, and Blunt in the 1950’s?

Blue Sand explores why the business community is so exasperated with the incompetence of politicians. One day they could decide to act. What might happen when this boils over?

The Messiah Complex, takes the ever-present danger of violent Christian extremism as its central theme.

While the books are works of fiction, the potential crisis and the use of technology described are both founded on extensive desk research.

With his long-term partner Catriona, Simon now lives and writes in Somerset. UK. A rugby fanatic who speaks fluent French, he cooks other people’s recipes, is passionate about local communities running their own affairs, and really should lose some weight.

"I try always to stick to my own formula for personal fulfilment: Trust, Passion and Fun, in equal measure. It doesn't work every time but when it does, things happen.

I want to challenge my readers to seriously question their assumptions and to thoroughly enjoy the ride.”

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