Oct 15, 2009
Welcome to the new website!
Welcome to my new website – it”s still very much a work in progress, so any comments/feedback will be greatly appreciated. My next post will be about the story behind the Poet & The Murderer, a two year investigative journey that took me from Long Island to Utah, to Las Vegas, New York and Amherst. It was a journey full of strange conicidences, twists in the road and just enough danger to... read more
Oct 1, 2009
The Poet and the Murderer, published in 2002 by Dutton in the USA and 4th. Estate in the U.K – and by Emecee, in Spain - is my first book. It grew out of a feature article originally commissioned by Harper’s magazine. After many twists and turns, it was eventually published in The Paris Review ( New York ) and The Guardian Weekend ( London). It is currently ( October, 2009) being turned into...
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The Poet & The Murderer
Simon Worrall was born in Wellington, England and spent his childhood in Eritrea, Paris and Singapore. He has written for publications all over the world, including National Geographic, Smithsonian, London Times, The Guardian, Paris Review, GQ, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Conde Nast Traveler, Maxim, Playboy,Die Zeit and the New Statesman. He divides his time between Herefordshire and the East End of Long Island.
