Lindsay Simpson

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Lindsay Jane Simpson (born 30 September 1957) is an Australian journalist, a university teacher and a writer of crime fiction. Born in Scotland, Simpson arrived in Australia in 1974.[1]

Simpson worked as an investigative journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald for twelve years. She has written seven books, the most recent being her first fiction novel, The Curer of Souls. One of her crime books, My Husband My Killer, co-authored with Sandra Harvey was made into a telemovie starring Colin Friels (2000). Brothers in Arms was written about the Milperra bikie massacre. Published in 1989 this was also co-written with Sandra Harvey. An option to turn the book into a feature film has been purchased by Martin Brown films. Her third crime book, co-written with Sandra is about the serial killer John Wayne Glover.

As of 2006 Simpson heads the journalism program, lecturing in journalism and writing, at James Cook University.

Simpson and her husband, Grant, have five children and they live on Magnetic Island.

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[edit] Awards

  • 2007 Ned Kelly Awards Lifetime Achievement Award (joint winner with Sandra Harvey)

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Fiction

  • The Curer of Souls (Random House, 2006)

[edit] Non-Fiction

  • My husband my killer : the murder of Megan Kalajzich co-written with Sandra Harvey (Allen & Unwin, 1992)
  • The Australian Geographic Guide to Tasmania (Australian Geographic, 1997)
  • To Have & To Hold co-written with Walter Mikac (Pan MacMillan, 1997)
  • The Killer Next Door co-written with Sandra Harvey (Random House, 1994)
  • Brothers in Arms co-written with Sandra Harvey (Allen & Unwin, 1986, 2006)


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NAME Simpson, Lindsay Jane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION journalist, writer, academic
DATE OF BIRTH 30 September 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH