Roger Simpson Roger Simpson i(A11832 works by)
Born: Established: 1944 Dunedin, Otago, South Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1971
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2 y separately published work icon Unblessed Roger Simpson , Cammeray : Simon and Schuster , 2024 28366013 2024 single work novel crime

'Within hours of arriving in New York City, Jane is dragged into a case and finds herself up against one of the toughest minds she’s ever had to crack: a Silicon Valley billionaire whose ex-business partner has just been murdered.

'Sarah Noble is the darling of the tech world – the genius behind an AI defence system that hijacks enemy missiles. But when Sarah’s estranged business partner is killed in a mysterious plane crash, suspicion immediately falls on one of the few people who could hack the plane’s guidance system and had a motive to do so: Sarah herself.

'Against her better judgement, Jane agrees to profile Sarah and is immediately drawn into a world beyond her control, where money is no object, murder a tool of trade and the stakes go straight to the heart of the United States itself.

'Jane Halifax will need all her forensic experience to unlock the secrets of one of the world’s most formidable minds.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Resurrection Roger Simpson , Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2023 26383947 2023 single work novel crime thriller

'Jane Halifax is back, but she’s not quite herself … A twisted story of betrayal, where the formidable forensic psychiatrist will discover that the only person you can trust is yourself.

'A near-fatal car accident has left Jane in a coma. When she wakes, she has no idea who she is.

'Initially comforted by unlikely spectres from past cases, Jane is unaware of everyone else’s concerns: the police who believe she was deliberately run off the road; a lawyer whose files were in her car at the time of the accident – files he should never have lent her; her neurosurgeon who fears a relapse; and her partner, Tim, who has to cope with the fact Jane remembers almost nothing of the last two years – including their relationship.

'A young woman called Luna keeps luring Jane back to the present. Linked to a thirty-year cold case from Jane’s past, Luna has a quest of her own she can only solve with Jane’s help.

'But if Jane wants to help Luna, she first needs to heal herself, and there just might be reasons beyond the accident that are hampering Jane’s recovery.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon A Jane Halifax Novel Roger Simpson , 2022 Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2022- 26383915 2022 series - author novel crime thriller
1 y separately published work icon Halifax : Transgression Roger Simpson , Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2022 24824546 2022 single work novel crime

Based on the hugely successful Channel 9 drama series featuring forensic psychologist Dr Jane Halifax, whose criminal profiling, twenty years later, might be the only way to track down Australia’s most dangerous serial killer yet.
 
'The first murder is brazen, violent and ritualistic. Committed in the victim’s home, the killer leaves few clues as to their motive or their identity. All the police know is that the perpetrator entered the house, impaled the art collector on one of his own priceless sculptures, before melting away into the night.

'Inspector Eric Ringer is desperate for Dr Jane Halifax to profile the killer, but Jane is cautious. She and Eric have a past … plus, she hates these kinds of cases; a psychopath is a psychopath, any way you slice it.

'But there’s something about this killer that intrigues Jane. And as the bodies pile up, Jane must use all her knowledge and intuition to enter the mind of the murderer before they strike again.

'Join Jane Halifax as she embarks on the most challenging – and chilling – case of her career.'(Publication summary)

1 1 form y separately published work icon Halifax : Retribution Roger Simpson , Mac Gudgeon , Jan Sardi , Australia : Beyond Lonehand , 2020 15409837 2020 series - publisher film/TV crime

'An eight-part series from Beyond Lonehand for the Nine Network that will star Rebecca Gibney as she reprises her role of forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax. When Jane Halifax receives a letter threatening a terrible retribution against her family, she finds herself back in a world she thought she had left behind – profiling a diabolical killer.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 14/01/2019)

1 8 form y separately published work icon Bikie Wars : Brothers in Arms Greg Haddrick , Roger Simpson , Jo Martino , ( dir. Peter Andrikidis ) 2012 Australia : Screentime Network Ten , 2012 Z1833118 2012 series - publisher film/TV

Based on the non-fiction book Brothers in Arms by Lindsay Simpson and Sandra Harvey, Bikie Wars is a dramatised account of the events leading up the 1984 Milperra massacre, a shoot-out between members of the outlaw motorcycle gang the Comancheros and the Bandidos, a group formed from a splinter group of former Comancheros: the massacre left 7 people dead and 28 wounded, and led to 63 murder convictions, 147 manslaughter convictions, and significant changes to NSW gun laws.

1 form y separately published work icon Satisfaction Roger Simpson , Matt Ford , Samantha Winston , Shelley Birse , Fiona Seres , Katherine Thomson , Jo Martino , Deb Cox , Meaghan Smith , ( dir. Paul Moloney et. al. )agent Melbourne : Lonehand Productions , 2007-2010 24548400 2007 series - publisher film/TV Follows the workers in a high-class brothel in Melbourne.
1 form y separately published work icon Silversun Silver Sun Ray Boseley , Glen Dolman , Graeme Farmer , Kirsty Fisher , Rob George , Peter A. Kinloch , Meg Mappin , Jo Martino , Mark Poole , Chris Roache , Roger Simpson , Fiona Wood , Giula Sandler , Andy Muir , Meaghan Smith , ( dir. Pino Amenta et. al. )agent Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2004 Z1844470 2004 series - publisher film/TV young adult science fiction

Silversun follows the journey of the titular spacecraft, two years into a ninety-year journey to a distant, Earth-like planet, intended for colonisation. The colonists are in cryogenic status, and the ship's crew is largely teenagers, who will take over the primary roles as the adult crew ages.

The program's focus was a combination of the coming-of-age/interpersonal relationship storylines typical of a teenage show and the type of ethical dilemmas common to science-fiction story-telling. Among the latter were such issues as whether or not a crew member's clone was human, and what effect long-distance interstellar travel would have on the human mind and emotions.

Season two of the program ended on a cliffhanger, and no plans have been made to revive the program.

1 Script Genius Turned His Talent Towards Directing Roger Simpson , 2004 single work obituary (for John Dingwall )
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 May 2004; (p. 26)
1 form y separately published work icon Big Reef Roger Simpson , ( dir. Steve Jodrell ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Nine Network , 2004 7227779 2004 single work film/TV adventure

'A story of romance and humour set in Australia's far North East. Former journalist Tom Stopple escapes Brisbane and heads north to find himself immersed in a world of immense beauty, bounty hunting and a three-way fight for the girl of his dreams.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 9/4/2014)

1 form y separately published work icon Life Roger Simpson , ( dir. David Cameron ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Network Ten , 2002 6088946 2002 single work film/TV crime

'When a small criminal law practice suddenly finds itself out of its depth with two murder cases on its hands, one of the partners seeks the assistance of her former teacher, who presumably has turned his back on the law for good.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 26/6/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon A Hate Worse Than Death Roger Simpson , ( dir. Paul Moloney ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2000 Z1916601 2000 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax is called in to analyse death threats made against Simon Laser, a well known gossip columnist for a weekly magazine after his gay lover is found murdered.'

Source: Screen Australia

1 form y separately published work icon Something in the Air Anthony Morris , David Phillips , Sally Webb , Peter A. Kinloch , Sue Hore , David Hannam , Meaghan Smith , Katherine Thomson , Paul Davies , Elizabeth Huntley , Graham Hartley , Jo Martino , Abe Pogos , Fiona Wood , Everett de Roche , Kris Wyld , Judith Colquhoun , Rob George , Kelly Lefever , Marieke Hardy , Martin McKenna , Barbara Bishop , Nick Stevens , Linda Aronson , Jutta Goetze , Cliff Green , Ro Hume , Debra Oswald , Kevin Roberts , Yuki Asano , Bill Garner , Jenny Lewis , Chris Phillips , Karin Altmann , Neville Brown , Michael Joshua , Roger Simpson , Elizabeth Coleman , Alan Hardy , Galia Hardy , ( dir. Ali Ali et. al. )agent Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000-2002 25704858 2000 series - publisher film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Afraid of the Dark Profile of a Serial Killer Roger Simpson , ( dir. Steve Jodrell ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1998 Z1916534 1998 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax must face the demons of her past when she is asked to join the investigation of a shocking mass killing. Her helplessness - she can help neither the survivors, nor the police in tracking down the killer - begins to extract a heavy toll on Jane's psyche.'

Source: Screen Australia

1 form y separately published work icon Stingers Grace Morris , Howard Griffiths , Peter A. Kinloch , Paul Davies , Jock Blair , Vicki Madden , Mac Gudgeon , Roger Simpson , Jo Martino , Sue Hore , David William Boutland , Sally Webb , Margaret Wilson , Denise Morgan , Daniel Krige , Martin McKenna , Jeff Truman , Everett de Roche , Stu Sutcliffe , Adam Todd , Tom Hegarty , Simon McDonald , Chris Hawkshaw , Cliff Green , Abe Pogos , Guy Wilding , Max Dann , David Hannam , Magda Pyke , Marcia Gardner , Shane Brennan , Philip Dalkin , Peter Gawler , Anthony Watt , John Banas , Graeme Koetsveld , Michaeley O'Brien , Chris Corbett , Tim Gooding , Shelley Birse , Matt Ford , Samantha Winston , John Reeves , John Ridley , David Bates , Sam De Brito , Meg Mappin , Jane Allen , ( dir. Julian McSwiney et. al. )agent Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Nine Network , 1998-2004 6031565 1998 series - publisher film/TV crime detective

'Inspired by true events, Stingers reveals the shadowy and ambiguous world of undercover cops — people with covert lives and constantly changing identities. They are police who defeat crime from within the criminal world — always without a badge and frequently without protection. The series follows the lives of the operatives as they befriend and betray those on the other side of the law. For these select few, it is a deadly way of life.The undercover cops of Stingers are a unique breed. They must juggle their own lives — love, laughter, family and humanity — with the tension of the criminal personas they adopt in their passion for justice.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 7/6/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon Good Guys, Bad Guys Roger Simpson , Nine Network (publisher), Graeme Koetsveld , Mac Gudgeon , Mathew Bate , Everett de Roche , Ray Boseley , Bill Garner , Chris Hawkshaw , Roger Simpson , Tony McDonald , Shane Brennan , Peter Gawler , Chris Middendorp , Deborah Parsons , Elizabeth Coleman , Graham Hartley , Steve Moriarty , Vincent Gil , Neville Brown , Charlie Strachan , Shanti Gudgeon , Peter Hepworth , ( dir. Brendan Maher et. al. )agent 1997 Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Nine Network , 1997-1998 Z1367327 1997 series - publisher film/TV crime

An edgy and off-beat crime series that relies heavily on humour, contemporary music, and a touch of the bizarre, centring on the character of Elvis Maginnis. An ex-cop from the wrong side of the tracks, Maginnis now runs his own dry-cleaning business but still finds himself drawn into the shady side of life.

1 form y separately published work icon Only the Good Die Young Roger Simpson , ( dir. Steve Jodrell ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Nine Network , 1997 6045401 1997 single work film/TV crime

'When Elvis' stepfather, Willie Monk, starts receiving death threats, it's not surprising the police don't want to get involved - Willie's been operating on the wrong side of the law for years. But when a young man is poisoned with a powerful pesticide and a bookie is thrown to his death, Elvis is drawn into a world of crime, deception and murder. And one thing becomes chillingly clear: there's a maniac on the loose! Elvis could be one of his targets.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 12/6/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon Hard Corps Roger Simpson , ( dir. Michael Carson ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995 Z1916436 1995 single work film/TV crime

'Forensic psychiatrist, Jane Halifax, counsels a police officer who has shot a felon in the line of duty. The pressure increases when the officer's family begins to receive threats regarding evidence he is to give in court.'

Source: Screen Australia

1 form y separately published work icon Acts of Betrayal Roger Simpson , ( dir. Paul Moloney ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1994 Z1916414 1994 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax, forensic psychiatrist, tries to help a fellow psychiatrist prove his innocence when he is suspected of murdering one of his patients with whom he had been having an affair.'

Source: Screen Australia

1 form y separately published work icon Halifax f.p. Roger Simpson , Roger Le Mesurier , 1994-2002 Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Nine Network , 1994 Z1916407 1994 series - publisher film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax is a forensic psychiatrist whose speciality is the criminal mind.'

Source: Screen Australia

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