Steve Lillebuen

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Steve Lillebuen
Born Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
OccupationJournalist
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s to present
Subject True crime, news
Notable works The Devil's Cinema
Website
stevelillebuen.com

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

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Background

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Lillebuen graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Arts degree [1] [2] and later attended Monash University, where he completed a PhD in journalism. [3] At the University of Alberta, he served as an editor and writer for The Gateway, the campus newspaper. [4]

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. [4] [5]

As of 2019, Lillebuen teaches investigative journalism at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Career in Journalism

Lillebuen has been widely published across Canada and Australia, and has worked as a journalist at newswire agencies The Canadian Press and Australian Associated Press. [1] [10] [11]

He also worked at the Edmonton Journal as a police reporter. [12] [13] While at the newspaper, he covered homicides and major crimes across Alberta and northern British Columbia, including the case of Mark Twitchell. [14] [15] The criminal investigation and first-degree murder trial drew substantial media attention [16] due to its connections to Dexter Morgan, [17] a fictional serial killer and bloodstain pattern analyst featured in the Dexter television program and series of books.

The Mark Twitchell case and trial became the focus of The Devil's Cinema , Lillebuen's first book, after he left the newspaper. [1] [13] [18]

The book won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction. [19] [20] [21] [22] It was also shortlisted in Australia for the Ned Kelly Award. [23] [24]

A film adaptation of the book was acquired by David Permut with Sam Hobkinson set to direct in April 2022. [25]

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