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

Contents •	1Life •	2Literary career •	3Bibliography o	3.1 Non-fiction o	3.2 Fiction o	3.3 Children’s books •	43Awards and nominations •	4References •	5External 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 books and fiction. Bibliography Non-fiction

•	Powering Up (Pan Macmillan, 1994) •	Getting There: Journeys of an Accidental Adventurer (New Holland, 2001) •	Love, Obsession, Secrets & Lies (with others) (Harper Collins, 2001) •	Peter Ryan: The Inside Story (Penguin, 2002) •	Mean Streets, Kind Heart: The Father Chris Riley Story (HarperCollins, 2003) •	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) •	And Then The Darkness (ABC Books, 2006) •	Women of the Outback (Michael Joseph, 2008) •	Love Is In The Air (Harper Collins, 2009) •	Outback Spirit (Michael Joseph, 2010) •	No Time For Fear (Penguin, 2011) •	Welcome to the Outback (Michael Joseph, 2012) •	Left for Dead (Penguin, 2013) •	Father Bob: The Larrikin Priest (Michael Joseph, 2013) •	Outback Heroines: True Stories of Hardship, Heartbreak and Resilience (Penguin Books, 2013) •	The Last Showman: The Life and Times of an Outback Tent-Boxing Legend (Penguin, 2014) •	Gene Genius (Harlequin, 2015) •	Growing Great Kids (HarperCollins, 2015) •	The Girl Who Climbed Everest: The Inspirational Story of Alyssa Azar, Australia's Youngest Adventurer (Penguin, 2016) •	Healing Lives (Pan Macmillan, 2020) •	Daughter of the River Country (Echo Publishing, 2021) •	Under Her Skin: The Life and work of Professor Fiona Wood (Allen & Unwin 2022)

Fiction

•	Elizabeth & Elizabeth (Allen & Unwin, 2020) •	That Bligh Girl (Allen & Unwin 2023)

Children’s Books •	Everest Dreaming (Benchmark Education, 2019)

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/

Awards and nominations •	was shortlisted for the international 2006 Gold Dagger Award for the world’s best crime non-fiction for And Then The Darkness. •	was shortlisted for Ned Kelly Award for And Then The Darkness. •	was shortlisted for Australian Christian Book of the Year Award 2021 for Healing Lives

References https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/favourite-things-sue-williams-explains-her-love-of-the-world-map-20151113-gkyjin.html

https://paperbarkwords.blog/2020/10/20/healing-lives-by-sue-williams/ https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-history-of-astonishing-yet-mostly-ignored-women-20210128-p56xkn

https://theresasmithwrites.com/2021/01/18/behind-the-pen-with-sue-williams/ https://thefinerthingsintravel.com/women-in-the-brave-new-world-meet-the-writer-behind-the-new-book-elizabeth-elizabeth/

https://suewilliams.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EE-MK-Review.pdf

External Links •	Sue Williams’ website www.suewilliams.com.au •	Sue Wiliams at Penguin www.penguin.com.au/authors/sue-williams •	Sue Williams at HarperCollins www.harpercollins.com.au/search-results/?contributor=sue-williams •	Sue Williams at Traveller with the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age www.traveller.com.au/sue-williams-gj11wq •	Sue Williams at agency Curtis Brown www.curtisbrown.com.au/williams-sue