Steve Lillebuen is a Canadian author and journalist. He divides his time between Australia and Canada.

Background

Born in

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Lillebuen graduated from the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...

with a

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degree And later

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

, where he completed a PhD in journalism. At the University of Alberta, he served as an editor and writer for The Gateway, the campus newspaper.Alt URL
/ref> In 2004, Lillebuen founded the Gateway Alumni Association (GAA), an official chapter of the University of Alberta's alumni association, and served as its first president. As of 2019, Lillebuen teaches investigative journalism at

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Career in Journalism

Lillebuen has been widely published across Canada and Australia, and has worked as a journalist at newswire agencies

The Canadian Press The Canadian Press (CP; french: La Presse canadienne, ) is a Canadian national news agency headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Established in 1917 as a vehicle for the time's Canadian newspapers to exchange news and information, The Canadian Pre ...

and

Australian Associated Press Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency. It was established by Keith Murdoch in 1935. AAP employs around 80 journalists who work in bureaus in all states and territories of Australia except the Northern Territory. It al ...

. He also worked at the ''

Edmonton Journal The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as ...

'' as a police reporter. While at the newspaper, he covered homicides and major crimes across

and northern

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, including the case of

Mark Twitchell Mark Andrew Twitchell (born July 4, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker convicted of first-degree murder in April 2011 for the murder of John Brian Altinger. His trial attracted particular media attention because Twitchell had allegedly been inspired ...

. The criminal investigation and

first-degree murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the c ...

trial drew substantial media attention due to its connections to

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, a fictional

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and bloodstain pattern analyst featured in the '' Dexter'' television program and series of books. The

case and trial became the focus of '' The Devil's Cinema'', Lillebuen's first book, after he left the newspaper. The book won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction. It was also shortlisted in Australia for the Ned Kelly Award. A film adaptation of the book was acquired by

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with Sam Hobkinson set to direct in April 2022.

Bibliography

* Steve Lillebuen. '' The Devil's Cinema: The Untold Story Behind Mark Twitchell's Kill Room'' (2012). McClelland & Stewart.

References

External links

Author website

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McClelland & Stewart
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lillebuen, Steve Canadian expatriates in Australia Canadian male journalists Canadian male non-fiction writers Canadian newspaper journalists Journalists from Alberta Writers from Edmonton Living people University of Alberta alumni Crime in Edmonton Year of birth missing (living people)