Simi Sidhu spent her childhood in the small town of Walsall, near Birmingham, travelling the world through the pages of novels and dreaming of the day she would write her own. She studied English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Manchester, followed by a Master’s in Ethics, before setting out to put the world to rights at a small London-based charity.
After training as a teacher and developing her educational consultancy, Simi spent the next 20 years working in the world of philosophy, wellbeing, and diversity education, helping young people navigate the complexities of the world. Along the way, she’s been a relentless questioner, a fierce advocate, and an unrepentant book hoarder.
Her writing lives at the crossroads of identity, culture, expectation, and dreams, leaning into the tensions and contradictions that make us human. When she isn’t writing, she’s wrangling teenagers (both at school and at home), escaping into the forest with her husband or chatting away on bookstagram.
Author: Literary fiction, book-club fiction
Represented by Louise Buckley