The Girl Who Climbed Everest is the inspiring story of Alyssa Azar, an ordinary girl from country Queensland who worked to ascend the world's highest peak - the youngest Australian ever to have achieved this extraordinary feat.
Sue Williams is the author of a number of bestselling books,
including Father Bob- The Larrikin Priest; Women of the Outback; No
Time For Fear - the story of shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder -
and Mean Streets, Kind Heart- The Father Chris Riley Story.
Her other books include Left for Dead; Outback Spirit; Welcome to
the Outback; Peter Ryan- The Inside Story and And Then The
Darkness, about the disappearance of the British backpacker Peter
Falconio, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Gold Dagger
Award in the UK for the true crime book of the year, and the Ned
Kelly Awards in Australia.
Also an award-winning journalist, Sue was born in England, and
worked in print and television in the UK and New Zealand. She spent
many years travelling around the world before falling in love with
Australia in 1989. Since settling here, she has written for many of
Australia's leading newspapers and magazines.
Sue's book, Father Bob, inspired the first edition of Penguin's
immersive, interactive online reading experience, True Stories.
She lives in Sydney's Kings Cross with her partner, writer Jimmy
Thomson.
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