Sue Williams (writer)

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Born1959 (age 64–65)
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Author
  • University Lecturer

Sue Williams (born 1959) is a journalist, author, travel writer and university lecturer.

Contents

  1. Life
  2. Literary career
  3. Bibliography
    1. Non-fiction
    2. 3.2 Fiction
    3. Children’s books
  4. Awards and nominations
  5. References
  6. External links

Life

Sue Williams grew up in Essex, England, just outside London, and attended Durham University where she obtained a BA joint Hons in economics and politics, and later studied in Portsmouth for her journalism NCTJ certificate. Her first journalism job was with the Express & Star Group, the UK’s biggest independent newspaper group, based in the West Midlands of England. She travelled for many years around the world, before settling in Auckland, New Zealand, where she worked as a journalist for the Auckland Sun newspaper, and then as a news producer for the national TV broadcaster, TVNZ. Sue moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1989 and worked at the Daily Telegraph as a journalist and columnist, with her own TV media show on SBS TV. Later, she worked at the magazine company Australian Consolidated Press, then at The Australian, then the Sun Herald. In 2001, she became a freelance, working for all Australia’s major newspapers and magazines, and regularly appearing on radio and TV.

Literary Career

Sue has written both non-fiction and fiction books for such publishers as HarperCollins[1], Penguin Australia[2] and Allen & Unwin[3]. They include full biographies, co-authored memoirs and, more recently, historical fiction.

Non-fiction

  • Powering Up (Pan Macmillan, 1994)
  • Getting There: Journeys of an Accidental Adventurer (New Holland, 2001)
  • Love, Obsession, Secrets & Lies (with others) (HarperCollins, 2001)
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  • Apartment Living (ABC Books, 2004)
  • Death of a Doctor: How the Medical Profession Turned on One of Their Own (Allen & Unwin, 2005)
  • World Beyond Tears (Harper Collins, 2005)[4]
  • And Then The Darkness (ABC Books/HarperCollins, 2006)[5]
  • Women of the Outback (Penguin, 2008)[6]
  • Love Is In The Air (HarperCollins, 2009)[7]
  • Outback Spirit (Michael Joseph, 2010)[8]
  • No Time For Fear (Penguin, 2011)
  • Welcome to the Outback (Michael Joseph, 2012)[9]
  • Left for Dead (Penguin, 2013)[10]
  • The Last Showman: The Life and Times of an Outback Tent-Boxing Legend (Penguin, 2014)[11]
  • Gene Genius (HarperCollins, 2015)[12]
  • Growing Great Kids (HarperCollins, 2015)[13]
  • Healing Lives (Pan Macmillan, 2020)[14]
  • Daughter of the River Country (Echo Publishing, 2021)[15]
  • Under Her Skin: The Life and work of Professor Fiona Wood (Allen & Unwin 2022)[16]

Fiction

  • Elizabeth & Elizabeth (Allen & Unwin, 2020)[17]
  • That Bligh Girl (Allen & Unwin 2023)[18]

Children’s Books

  • Everest Dreaming (Benchmark Education, 2019)[19]

Critical studies and reviews of Williams’ work

  • Review of Elizabeth & Elizabeth www.carpelibrum.net/2021/04/review-elizabeth-and-elizabeth-by-sue-williams.html
  • Review of Elizabeth & Elizabeth by Meg Keneally in the Weekend Australian.
  • Review of Under Her Skin www.cindylspear.com/news/review-of-under-her-skin-by-sue-williams
  • Review of Under Her Skin lsj.com.au/articles/book-reviews-a-trio-of-summer-reads/
  • Review of Healing Lives (Paperbark Words)[20]
  • Elizabeth & Elizabeth reviewed by Meg Keneally (Weekend Australian, March 13, 2021)

Awards and nominations

  • Shortlisted for the international 2006 Gold Dagger Award for the world’s best crime non-fiction for And Then The Darkness[21].
  • Shortlisted for Ned Kelly Award for And Then The Darkness.
  • Shortlisted for Australian Christian Book of the Year Award 2021 for Healing Lives

External Links

  • Sue Williams’ website [1]
  • Sue Williams at Penguin [2]
  • Sue Williams at HarperCollins [3]
  • Sue Williams at Traveller with the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age [4]
  • Sue Williams at agency Curtis Brown [5]
  • Rocks and Hard Places[22]
  • Sue Williams explains her love of the world map (article in SMH)[23]
  • Astonishing yet mostly ignored women (Australian Financial Review)[24]
  • Behind the Pen with Sue Williams[25]
  • The Finer Things in Travel: Women in the Brave New World[26]
  • Daughter of the River Country (Central Coast News)[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Author". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. ↑ "Sue Williams". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  4. ↑ "World Beyond Tears". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  5. ↑ "And Then the Darkness". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  6. ↑ "Women of the Outback by Sue Williams". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  7. ↑ "Love Is In The Air". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  8. ↑ "Outback Spirit by Sue Williams". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to the Outback by Sue Williams". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  10. ↑ "Left for Dead by Laurence Barlow". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  11. ↑ "The Last Showman: The life and times of an Outback tent-boxing legend by Fred Brophy". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  12. ↑ "GENE GENIUS". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  13. ↑ "Growing Great Kids". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  14. ↑ "Healing Lives - Pan Macmillan AU". Pan Macmillan Australia. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  15. ↑ "Daughter of the River Country - Dianne O'Brien with Sue Williams". Echo Publishing. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  16. ↑ "Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  17. ↑ "Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  18. ↑ "Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  19. ↑ "Everest Dreaming - 6-Pack". www.benchmarkeducation.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  20. ↑ "Healing Lives by Sue Williams". 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  21. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWA_Gold_Dagger_for_Non-Fiction
  22. ↑ "Rocks and hard places". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  23. ↑ Gripper, Ali (2015-11-14). "Favourite things: Sue Williams explains her love of the world map". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  24. ↑ "The history of astonishing, yet mostly ignored, women". Australian Financial Review. 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  25. ↑ Writes, Theresa Smith (2021-01-17). "Behind the Pen with Sue Williams". Theresa Smith Writes. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  26. ↑ Wallace, Sue (2021-02-18). "Women in the brave new world: Meet the writer behind the new book - Elizabeth & Elizabeth". The Finer Things. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  27. ↑ "Daughter of the River Country". Central Coast News. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2023-03-26.

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