Simon Hawke (born September 30, 1951[1]) is an American author of mainlyscience fiction andfantasy novels. He was bornNicholas Valentin Yermakov, but began writing as Simon Hawke in 1984 and later changed his legal name toHawke. He has also written near future adventure novels under thepen nameJ. D. Masters and a series of humorous mystery novels. He was the Colorado Writer of the Year, 1992.[2]
As Nicholas Yermakov (he is half-Russian[1]), his early books were published in 1981–1984, including twoBattlestar Galacticanovelizations. Since re-launching his career as Simon Hawke in 1984, he has produced a large volume of lighter fiction. Almost all of his books published after 1984 have been either part of a series and/ortie-in novels and novelizations.
His first major work as Simon Hawke was theTimewars series, which recounts the adventures of an organization tasked with protecting history from being changed bytime travellers. In the world of the series, many people and events we consider fictional are historical, and vice versa; the action of each book in the series weaves in and out of the events of a famous work of literature. For example, in the first book in the series time travellers contesting the fate ofRichard I of England become caught up inWalter Scott'sIvanhoe.
He has also written a series of humorousmurder mysteries which features a youngWilliam Shakespeare and a fictional friend, Symington "Tuck" Smythe.
In 2017, he received the Phoenix Award from DeepSouthCon 55.[3]
