Margaret Simons is an award-winning freelance journalist and author, and a journalism academic at the University of Melbourne. She has published thirteen books, including biographies of the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, and Malcolm Fraser: the political memoirs, which won book of the year and best nonfiction book at the 2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. In the past, Simons has worked for The Age and The Australian newspapers. As a freelancer, she has had work published in dozens of magazines and newspapers in Australia and overseas.
