Podcast: Roger Simpson on how Characters Evolve over Time

Podcast: Roger Simpson on how Characters Evolve over Time

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Roger Simpson talks to Cheryl about creating the character of Jane Halifax and how she’s evolved. His latest book, Resurrection, is out now.

About the author:

Roger Simpson is one of Australia’s leading writers and producers. He has created seventeen series for television including the highly acclaimed telemovie series Halifax f.p. (1994–2001) and its sequel Halifax: Retribution (2020), the cult series Good Guys, Bad Guys (1996–1998), the police drama Stingers (which ran for eight seasons until 2004), the much-loved rural serial Something In the Air (2000–2002), the teenage sci-fi sensation Silver Sun (2004–2005) and the top-rating streaming series Satisfaction (2007–2010). Roger is the winner of twelve awards for writing including nine Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Awards as well as numerous awards as a producer. He is currently completing the stage play, The Trial Of Paul Gauguin, which was long-listed for the National Playwrights Conference in 2016 by the Eugene O’Neill Theater. He is the author of Transgression and Resurrection.

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                  Publisher details

                  Halifax #2: Resurrection
                  Author
                  Roger Simpson
                  Publisher
                  Simon and Schuster
                  Genre
                  Fiction
                  Released
                  30 August, 2023
                  ISBN
                  9781761102530

                  Synopsis

                  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...

                  Roger Simpson
                  About the author

                  Roger Simpson

                  Roger Simpson is one of Australia’s leading writers and producers.He has created seventeen series for television including the highly acclaimed telemovie series Halifax f.p. (1994–2001) and its sequel Halifax: Retribution (2020), the cult series Good Guys, Bad Guys (1996–1998), the police drama Stingers (which ran for eight seasons until 2004), the much-loved rural serial Something In the Air (2000–2002), the teenage sci-fi sensation Silver Sun (2004–2005) and the top-rating streaming series Satisfaction (2007–2010).Roger is the winner of twelve awards for writing including nine Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Awards as well as numerous awards as a producer. He is currently completing the stage play, The Trial Of Paul Gauguin, which was long listed for the National Playwrights Conference in 2016 by the Eugene O’Neill Theater. HALIFAX: Transgression is his first book.

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