Diana Simmonds (born 1953) is an Australian

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and arts critic, currently the editor and proprietor of Stagenoise.com. Simmonds was born in London, England in 1953 and moved with her family to

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. She returned to London in 1977 and wrote for various magazines including Time Out and was a founder member of the cooperative

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. In 1985 she moved to Sydney, Australia and wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald,

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and the

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, where she was the arts editor. In 2008 she was appointed editor of Sydney Alumni Magazine, for the

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. She has also written several novels and non-fiction books, including one on

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and one on

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, and continues to write as a

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journalist from time to time. In 2006 she co-founded the Sydney Theatre Reviewers and began working with brothers Damian and Tim Madden to create Stagenoise,
Stagenoise, accessed 1 Nov 2011 an Australian theatre review site.

Bibliography

Books

* ''Silver Lining'' (romance novel): Bella Books, 2013. * ''To Hell in a Handcart: A Rollercoaster Ride Through the Psyche of Modern Australia '': Hachette Livre, 2005. * ''Diana the Hunted: A Modern Media Tragedy '': Pluto Press, 2004. * ''Squidgie Dearest: The Making of a Media Goddess Australia's Love Affair with Princess Diana '': Pluto Press, 2002. * ''Forty Love'' (romance novel): Naiad Press, 1997. * ''Heart on Fire'' (romance novel): Naiad Press, 1996. * ''Being Whitefella, ed. Duncan Graham (Fremantle 1994, ) "Sixteen 'whitefellas' explore their relationship with Aboriginal Australia" – including Bruce Petty, Fred Chaney, Ted Egan, Kim Beazley, Veronica Brady, Robert Juniper and Judith Wright. * ''A Star is Torn'' (about musical theatre production of the same name) (with

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): Virago, 1986. * "Princess Di the National Dish - the making of a Media Superstar": Pluto Press, 1984.

Other Works

* "https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/1492165/ALUM3340_GradLife_Summer_v08_web2.pdf" page 26

References

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