Lindsay Simpson

Who is Lindsay Simpson?

Lindsay Jane Simpson is an Australian journalist, a university teacher and a writer of true crime. Born in Scotland, Simpson arrived in Australia in 1976.

Simpson worked as an investigative journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald for twelve years. She has authored and co-authored seven books. Her first book, published in 1989, co-authored with Sandra Harvey was Brothers in Arms about the Milperra bikie massacre. The best-selling book was made into a television mini-series, Bikie Wars Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms produced by Screentime, makers of the Underbelly series, and screened on Channel 10 in May 2012. The series peaked at 1.43m viewers and is available on DVD. Her most recent book was Honeymoon Dive, co-authored with Jennifer Cooke, and published by Pan MacMillan on September 2010 about the scuba diving death of Tina Watson on the Great Barrier Reef. The story was updated by the authors after Gabe Watson was acquitted in February 2012 as an ebook available on Amazon, Kobi, iBooks and Barnes & Noble.