Sue Williams

Sue Williams is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist, working in newspapers, magazines and TV in Australia, the UK and New Zealand. Born in England, but settling in Australia in 1989, she's also a travel writer and university lecturer. She lives in Sydney's Kings Cross with her partner, writer Jimmy Thomson. Her books include Getting There: Journeys of an accidental adventurer ; the story of her travels around isolated Australia, Welcome to the Outback ; and a series of other books...See more

Sue Williams is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist, working in newspapers, magazines and TV in Australia, the UK and New Zealand. Born in England, but settling in Australia in 1989, she's also a travel writer and university lecturer. She lives in Sydney's Kings Cross with her partner, writer Jimmy Thomson. Her books include Getting There: Journeys of an accidental adventurer ; the story of her travels around isolated Australia, Welcome to the Outback ; and a series of other books about the outback, Women in the Outback, Outback Spirit and Outback Heroines . She's also written biographies of Father Chris Riley, Mean Streets, Kind Hearts ; Father Bob Maguire, Father Bob: The larrikin pries t; navy diver Paul de Gelder, No Time For Fear ; Fred Brophy, The Last Showman ; Australia's youngest Everest climber Alyssa Azar, The Girl Who Climbed Everest and Dr Fiona Wood, Under Her Skin . Sue's true-crime book And Then The Darkness: The disappearance of Peter Falconio and the trials of Joanne Lees was shortlisted for the international 2006 Gold Dagger Award for the world's best crime non-fiction. Her first children's book was Everest Dreaming . Elizabeth & Elizabeth is her first novel, borne out of a love of early colonial Australian history - pivotal in the development of the country - and an overriding admiration for women of that era making their own way in life. With both Elizabeth Macquarie and Elizabeth Macarthur having a huge impact on the fledgling nation, despite all the odds, Elizabeth & Elizabeth is the result of an enduring fascination with what might have been. See less