Simon Lister (born
London, 1969) is an
English author.
His first book, ''Supercat'', the authorised biography of the former West Indies captain,
Clive Lloyd, was published by
Stephen Chalke
Stephen Chalke (born 5 June 1948) is an English author and publisher, particularly of books on cricket and cricketers.
Chalke was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He has two undergraduate degrees – one in Drama, English and Philosophy, the othe ...
in 2007. The book was shortlisted for the 2008 British Sports Book Awards, and the cricket correspondent of the
''Guardian'',
Mike Selvey, chose it as his Book of the Year. His 2015 book ''Fire in Babylon'', about the successful West Indian cricket teams from the 1970s to the 1990s, won
The Cricket Society/
MCC Book of the Year in 2016.
Lister is also a regular contributor to ''
The Wisden Cricketer'' magazine and has written for the ''
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack''.
References
External links
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/dec/06/thegear.sport.
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080702232944/http://www.nationalsportingclub.co.uk/BritishSportsBookAwards08Nominate.htm
1969 births
Living people
English sportswriters
British publishers (people)
Cricket historians and writers
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