Simon Maginn

Whitehawk

Mel Banff is a new kind of social worker. Overseen by the shadowy Rationality Unit, she will be stationed with one family for three months ‘to try to bring a greater sense of reasonableness’ into their disorderly lives. The family, though, prove resistant to her methods in ways she had never imagined, and Mel’s certainties begin to crumble as their bizarre story rises up to engulf her.

‘Hilarious’ Brighton Magazine
‘a pacy read... Nolan’s dialogue is sharp and witty throughout... a well-observed satire.’ Time Out
'bizarre... hugely entertaining...’ Brighton Evening Argus

I am a novelist living and working in Brighton, UK, in a haunted palace by the sea. I write horror/psychological thrillers as Simon Maginn: Sheep (filmed as The Dark), Virgins and Martyrs, A Sickness of the Soul, Methods of Confinement, Rattus (novella).

By night, I become Simon Nolan, who writes raucous urban comedies: As Good as it Gets, The Vending Machine of Justice, Whitehawk. I play the piano incessantly, and paint in an uncontrolled and, frankly, disgusting way.
‘Nolan is brilliant’ Time Out