Simon Mason (author)

[3] Mason's 2011 novel, Moon Pie,[6][7] published by David Fickling Books was short-listed for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

[8] Julia Eccleshare, chair of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize judging panel, said: "How love is tested, challenged and threatened, but can ultimately hold families together is at the heart of Moon Pie.

Dealing with his oddities and caring for her small brother Tug seems not much stranger than her friend Marcus's obsession with Hollywood movies.

"[9] The young adult murder mystery novel, Running Girl, published in 2014, features Garvie Smith "a combination of the eccentric and hardboiled detective types - a natural maths genius with an off-the-scale IQ who chooses to be a slacker.

[13] The third novel in the series, Hey, Sherlock!, was published in 2019, described by Philip Pullman as "the most intriguing kind of whodunit", and welcomed by the Sunday Times as "irresistible .