playwright
Simon is the author of numerous plays produced and published in Canada. Among his many awards is Theatre BC’s National Playwrights prize, the City of Richmond’s Cultural Leadership Award, and the McMaster University’s Alumni Gallery. He is the Gateway Theatre’s Artistic Director Emeritus. He was born and raised in Hong Kong where his family has lived since the 1860s. After high school he immigrated to Canada to attend McMaster University and later did theatre studies in New York. Since then he has worked continuously in Canadian theatres as an artistic director, director and playwright. Simon lives in South Surrey, B.C. The House of Wives is his latest novel.