CHRIS SIMPSON is an award winning writer of literary fiction dealing with modern working-class society.

Chris is currently seeking representation for a novel set in mid-90s Bracknell. He also has a short story collection, "Part-Time Happiness," which is bookended by two novellas.

​He grew up in Bracknell and Slough, which explains ninety percent of his choices. To pay the bills he has worked as a waiter, a cinema projectionist, a shoe salesman, an attendant in an amusement arcade, hiring out construction and demolition tools, a pasty seller, a caretaker for a primary school, a facilities manager, a teaching assistant, and a tutor. He was a collaborator on a sketch show and has performed as a stand-up comedian.

In 2025 he was published in Spinners Magazine with his short story, "Fragile Light".

In 2025 he was published in AEOS Magazine with his short story, "The Weapon of Memory".

In 2023 he started writing film criticism for the film website, DMovies.org.

In 2022 he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his short story, "Equal".

In 2021 he was published alongside Kit de Waal, Kerry Hudson, Philip Ridley and twenty five other writers in MAINSTREAM from Inkandescent Publishers.

In 2020 he had a special mention for the Spread The Word Life Writing Prize 2020.

In 2019 he was nominated for the inaugural Agora and PFD Lost The Plot Prize.

In 2018 he was an awardee of the inaugural Spread The Word's London Writers Award.

In 2016 he was nominated for the Royal Academy and Pin Drop Short Story Award 2016.

He received a First in BA Creative Writing from Birkbeck University.

He lives in Kent with his wife where they read and plan trips away.