Leigh Redhead (born 18 November 1971, in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian mystery writer.
She is best known as the creator of the character Simone Kirsch, a stripper who leaves the sex industry to become a private investigator. Redhead drew upon her own experiences as a stripper in creating the character.
Awards The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists 2005 – for Peepshow The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists 2006 – for Rubdown Davitt Award 2005 – Readers' Choice for Peepshow Davitt Award 2006 – Readers' Choice for Rubdown Davitt Award 2008 – Highly Commended for Cherry Pie
Works Peepshow (2004) Rubdown (2005) Cherry Pie (2007) Thrill City (2010)
References
Bibliography Five ways with words Sydney Morning Herald (Retrieved 10 October 2007) Austlit – Redhead, Leigh
External links
Simone Kirsch Homepage