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Simon Beecroft is a British author. His best known book is the New York Times bestselling book Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary,[1][2][3][4] which has sold more than 2,000,000 copies.[5] and which in 2016 is held in more than 1000 libraries.[6] In all, he has written more than 30 other books, primarily for children. Many of his books are about the Star Wars Universe[7][8][9] and are written in non-fiction style.

Selected works include Star Wars The Clone Wars: Watch Out For Jabba the Hutt, Star Wars: Luke Skywalker’s Amazing Story, The Star Wars Character Encyclopedia,[10] and Star Wars: Beware the Dark Side, published by Dorling Kindersley (DK). Beecroft is also an editor at DK.[11] and is director of the company's licensing division.[12] He has also written books on subjects as diverse as dinosaurs, monsters,[13] extreme weather, future technology, Nelson Mandela, Power Rangers, and the Fantastic Four.

Personal

Beecroft lives in London, England, with his wife, Katie, and two children.

References

  1. ^ "Best Sellers: Children's Picture Books." New York Times. April 18, 2010
  2. ^ "'Star Wars' novels: still on bestseller lists". Christian Science Monitor, Molly Driscoll.
  3. ^ "Three Books Celebrating the Success of Lego".[dead link] Children Webmag, November 1st, 2009 Book Review by David Lane
  4. ^ "June 2011 Issue Locus Bestsellers". Locus Magazine, 9 June 2011
  5. ^ http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/starwars/simon.html
  6. ^ May 18, 2016 Worldat record for Lego Star Wars Visual Dictionary. Accessed 2016 06 03
  7. ^ "Inside the World of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones". Publishers Weekly.
  8. ^ "LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary Is a Bookful of Awesome". Wired, Matt Blum, 10.09.2009.
  9. ^ "'The force is strong:' Star Wars fans have checked these out 58K times". Craig Turpin | NJ.com, May 18, 2016
  10. ^ "The Star Wars Character Encyclopedia". Comic M!x, Robert Greenberger June 19, 2011
  11. ^ http://prexamples.com/2013/10/lego-minifigure-history-published-in-miniature/
  12. ^ "Has Lego Sold Out?". New York Times, By MATT RICHTEL and JESSE McKINLEY DEC. 22, 2012
  13. ^ "Watch Out, Monsters About! by Simon Beecroft". Literary Escapism, 20 December 2012
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