Steve Lillebuen is a Canadian author and journalist. He divides his time between Australia and Canada.

Background

Born in

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, Lillebuen graduated from the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

with a

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degree and later attended

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

, where he completed a

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in journalism. At the University of Alberta, he served as an editor and writer for ''The Gateway'', the campus newspaper.Alt URL
/ref> In 2004, Lillebuen founded the Gateway Alumni Association (GAA), an official chapter of the University of Alberta's alumni association, and served as its first president. As of 2019, Lillebuen teaches investigative journalism at

MacEwan University Grant MacEwan University, commonly known as MacEwan University, is a public university located in Downtown Edmonton, Alberta. Originally established as a community college which was named in honor of Dr. Grant MacEwan, 9th Lieutenant Governor of ...

Career in Journalism

Lillebuen has been widely published across Canada and Australia, and has worked as a journalist at newswire agencies

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and

Australian Associated Press Australian Associated Press Ltd (AAP) is an Australian news agency. It was founded in 1935 by Keith Murdoch. AAP employs around 90 journalists who work in bureaus in all states and territories of Australia except the Northern Territory. It al ...

. He also worked at the ''

Edmonton Journal The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunn ...

'' as a police reporter. While at the newspaper, he covered homicides and major crimes across

and northern

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, including the case of

Mark Twitchell Mark Andrew Twitchell (born July 4, 1979) is a Canadian convicted of first-degree murder in April 2011 for the murder of John Brian Altinger. His trial attracted particular media attention because Twitchell had allegedly been inspired by the fi ...

. The criminal investigation and

first-degree murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse ...

trial drew substantial media attention due to its connections to

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, a fictional

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and bloodstain pattern analyst featured in the ''

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'' television program and series of books. The

case and trial became the focus of '' The Devil's Cinema'', Lillebuen's first book, after he left the newspaper. The book won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction. It was also shortlisted in Australia for the Ned Kelly Award. A film adaptation of the book was acquired by

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with Sam Hobkinson set to direct in April 2022.

Bibliography

* Steve Lillebuen. '' The Devil's Cinema: The Untold Story Behind Mark Twitchell's Kill Room'' (2012). McClelland & Stewart.

References

External links

Author website

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McClelland & Stewart
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lillebuen, Steve Canadian expatriates in Australia Canadian male journalists Canadian male non-fiction writers Canadian newspaper journalists Journalists from Alberta Living people Monash University alumni University of Alberta alumni Writers from Edmonton Crime in Edmonton Year of birth missing (living people)