Simon Cox is a full time writer, researcher and author within the history; alternative history and ancient mysteries genre. He is based both in the UK and in Los Angeles and travels extensively throughout the Middle East and worldwide.

Simon is the international best-selling author of Cracking The Da Vinci Code (April 2004; Michael O’Mara UK, Barnes & Noble US, plus over 30 foreign rights deals worldwide; over 2 million copies sold); Illuminating Angels & Demons (November 2004; Michael O’Mara UK, Barnes & Noble US, plus over 15 foreign rights deals worldwide; over 500,000 copies sold); The Dan Brown Companion (May 2006; Mainstream/Random House UK); The Simon Cox A to Z series; Ancient Egypt (July 2006, Mainstream/Random House UK); Atlantis (November 2006, Mainstream/Random House UK); King Arthur & The Holy Grail (April 2007, Mainstream Random House UK); The Occult (July 2007, Mainstream/Random House UK). With millions of books sold worldwide, Simon’s first two books were also adapted for DVD and broadcast television, Cracking The Da Vinci Code selling substantially in this format and Illuminating Angels & Demons going on to be broadcast on the A&E channel in the United States and History Channel in the US and worldwide, as well as becoming a DVD bestseller.

In 2009, his latest A to Z expose of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series of novels, Decoding the Lost Symbol, is due to be published. With over 25 worldwide publishing deals signed so far, this promises to be Simon’s most successful book to date. Touchstone Fireside/Simon & Schuster in the US and Mainstream/Random House in the UK will be handling the publishing of this project on either side of the Atlantic.

Simon has also researched and helped to write a number of best-selling books within the alternative history genre, these include; Secret Chamber by Robert Bauval (Random House, 1999); The Mars Mystery by Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval (Michael Joseph, 1998); Underworld by Graham Hancock (Michael Joseph, 2002); Legend by David Rohl (Random House/Century, 1998); Gods of Eden by Andrew Collins (Hodder Headline, 1997); Act of God by Graham Phillips (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1998); amongst many others.

Having appeared in a number of broadcast and DVD documentaries, Simon is as comfortable in front of a camera as he is behind a computer screen. A seasoned and experienced world traveller, Simon adapts easily to new cultural environments, visiting Egypt and the Middle East so often that he has become a well known figure in the area. Simon's new tour company Henu Tours will be running specialist historical tours to the region from 2010. In 2005 and 2006, Simon was part of a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with his Rosslyn & The Grail show, which gained great reviews and plaudits. Simon will also be undertaking a round of conferences and lectures upon the release of Decoding the Lost Symbol.

Always at the centre of the alternative history genre, Simon has remained a focus and hub of rumours, research and breaking news, with numerous projects and theories always on his desktop.

Formally the editor in chief of US newsstand magazine, Phenomena, Simon has recently founded a new production company, Henu Productions, a new media and documentary company, and is about to launch his own publishing imprint in the UK, the US, Egypt and online. Henu Books will publish facsimile copes of out of print books in the Egyptology and ancient mysteries genre, as well as by new upcoming and established authors.