Simon Lister (born

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, 1969) is an

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. His first book, ''Supercat'', the authorised biography of the former West Indies captain,

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, was published by Stephen Chalke in 2007. The book was shortlisted for the 2008 British Sports Book Awards, and the cricket correspondent of the ''Guardian'',

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, chose it as his Book of the Year. His 2015 book ''Fire in Babylon'', about the successful West Indian cricket teams from the 1970s to the 1990s, won

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/ MCC Book of the Year in 2016. Lister is also a regular contributor to ''

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'' magazine and has written for the ''

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''.

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* http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/dec/06/thegear.sport. * https://web.archive.org/web/20080702232944/http://www.nationalsportingclub.co.uk/BritishSportsBookAwards08Nominate.htm 1969 births Living people English sportswriters British publishers (people) Cricket historians and writers {{UK-writer-stub