Background
Shimmin was born in Manchester, United Kingdom.
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A fast, furious, fun, and acclaimed high concept alternate history thriller from a great new talent, shortlisted for the Terry Pratchett Fiction Prize I don’t like killing, but I’m good at it. Murder isn’t so bad from a distance, just shapes popping up in my scope. Close-up work though—a garrotte around a target’s neck or a knife in their heart—it’s not for me. Too much empathy, that’s my problem. Usually. But not today. Today is different . . . The year is 1955 and something is very wrong with the world. It is 14 years since Churchill died and World War II ended. In occupied Europe, Britain fights a cold war against a nuclear-armed Nazi Germany. In Berlin the Gestapo is on the trail of a beautiful young resistance fighter, and the head of the SS is plotting to dispose of an ailing Adolf Hitler and restart the war against Britain and her empire. Meanwhile, in a secret bunker hidden deep beneath the German countryside, scientists are experimenting with a force far beyond their understanding. Into this arena steps a nameless British assassin, on the run from a sinister cabal within his own government, and planning a private war against the Nazis. And now the fate of the world rests on a single kill in the morning. Take the meticulous research of Robert Harris, the spy thrills of Ian Fleming, the classic action of Alistair MacLean, and the wild ride of a Tarantino film and you're coming close to A Kill in the Morning.
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Shimmin was born in Manchester, United Kingdom.
He studied Physics at Durham University and worked in Information Technology for fifteen years before completing a Creative Writing Master of Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Shimmin has released one novel through Transworld Publishers - A Kill in the Morning, an alternate history/sci-fi thriller set in an alternate 1955 Britain and Europe after the death of Winston Churchill in 1941. The novel received mixed reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, SFX Magazine and Interzone, and Stephen Baxter endorsed it as "A terrific debut". In 2014, Shimmin"s blog was shortlisted for the Blog North Awards, which are part of the Manchester Literature Festival, in the Arts and Culture section He has also had articles re-posted on Huffington Post, Forbes, and Slate.
Shimmin has claimed his influences include Robert Harris, Alistair MacLean, and Len Deighton Maxim Jakubowski has described Shimmin"s influences as Ian Fleming, and Geoffrey Household.
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