Alecia Simmonds

Alecia Simmonds is a multi-award-winning scholar and writer who works at the interface of law and history. Her most recent book Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law won the NSW Premier's Prize for best book in Australian history, the Australian Law Research Awards for best book, the biennial Hancock Prize for best book and the Australian and New Zealand Legal History award for best book 2023. It was also shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award and the Ernest Scott Award. Her first book Wild Man: The True Story of a Police Killing Mental Illness and the Law won the Davitt Prize for best crime non-fiction. She occasionally writes for the SMH, the Age and the ABR.