Diana Simmonds

Diana Simmonds (1953) is an Australian journalist and arts critic, currently editor of Stage Noise and Sydney Alumni Magazine.

Simmonds was born in London, England in 1953 and moved with her family to Kenya. She returned to London in 1977 and wrote for various magazines including Time Out and City Limits. In 1985 she moved to Sydney, Australia and wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Bulletin, The Australian and the Sunday Telegraph, where she was the arts editor. In 2008 she was appointed editor of Sydney Alumni Magazine,^[1] for the University of Sydney. She has also written several novels and non-fiction books,^[2] including one on Princess Diana and one on Doris Day, and continues to write as a freelance journalist from time to time.

In 2006 she founded the Sydney Theatre Reviewers and began working with brothers Damian and Tim Madden to create Stagenoise,^[3] now Australia's leading theatre review site.

Bibliography

Books

• To Hell in a Handcart: A Rollersoaster Ride Through the Psyche of Modern Australia Sydney : Hachette Livre, 2005
• Diana the Hunted: A Modern Media Tragedy Sydney : Pluto Press, 2004
• Squidgie Dearest: The Making of a Media Goddess Australia's Love Affair with Princess Diana Sydney : Pluto Press, 2002
• Forty Love (romance novel) Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America (USA) : Naiad Press, 1997
• Heart on Fire (romance novel) Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America (USA) : Naiad Press, 1996
• A Star is Torn (about musical theatre production of the same name) (with Robyn Archer) London, England : Virago, 1986.

References

1. ^ [1] Sydney Alumni Magazine, accessed 1 Nov 2011
2. ^ [2] AustLit Literary Database, accessed 1 Nov 2011
3. ^ [3] Stagenoise, accessed 1 Nov 2011

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Name	Simmonds, Diana
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Short description	Journalist
Date of birth	1953
Place of birth	London, England
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