He is the recipient of ten Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Awards as part of the writing team behind such successful TV series as Good News Week and The Glass House.
His list of credits includes popular Australian comedy TV shows from the late 1980s until today.
[5][6] Simon has worked with Andrew Denton, Doug Mulray, Paul McDermott, Wil Anderson and Amanda Keller.
[7] He is co-writer with Bruce Griffiths of 26 episodes of the animated TV series The Flamin’ Thongs.
Simon lives in Waverton, New South Wales with his wife, magazine editor Margaret Megard, and their Burmese Blue cat, Mymble.