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Barbara Biggs (born 3 December 1956) is an Australian journalist, social commentator, author and child protection campaigner. ==Career== Biggs has been a journalist since 1989. She was a staff journalist for the Sunday Herald Sun in the 1990s and has since had freelance opinion pieces published in Australia's Herald Sun and Britain's The Independent newspapers. Biggs' first book was a 2003 autobiography, called ''In Moral Danger'', about her life up to the age of 22. The book tells of her sexual abuse from the age of 14 by a well-known criminal barrister. It explains the damaging after effects following her abuse, including time spent in a psychiatric hospital, escaping Cambodia weeks before it fell to the Khmer Rouge and being a prostitute in Japan. It also describes how she attempted suicide four times, received death threats and caused national headlines - all before the age of 22. Biggs has been interviewed about her story written in ''In Moral Danger'' by some of Australia and Britain's leading journalists, interviewers and publications including Scotland on Sunday, BBC4's Woman's Hour's Jenni Murray, Australia's Robyn Williams,〔(The In Conversation - Past Programs )〕 Phillip Adams,〔(The Late Night Live - Past Programs )〕 and George Negus.〔(Barbara Biggs Interview: )〕 ''In Moral Danger'' has since been released in the UK (2004),〔(BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Barbara Biggs )〕 New Zealand (2005),〔(Radio Week by Fiona Rae | New Zealand Listener )〕 where it became number one on the best-seller list, and has been translated for publication in Sweden and Greece (2006) and Japan (2008). The book and its sequel is the subject of a feature film in production, funded by Film Victoria.〔(Film Victoria - Fiction Development )〕 The 2004 sequel, ''The Road Home'', is about her life from 22-42, culminating in a legal battle with the barrister who abused her at 14, which she won. The barrister died three months after the judgement.〔http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/spectrum.cfm?id=1144082004&format=print〕 It also tells how she became a mother, classical pianist, journalist and property millionaire. Former Governor General of Australia Peter Hollingworth wrote a foreword to the book. Two years earlier he had made comments about child sexual abuse and mishandled certain complaints made to him during his career as an Anglican priest. After reading ''In Moral Danger'' he felt enlightened by Biggs. In his words, "I accepted Barbara's point that I did not understand the 'emotional mechanics' of child sexual abuse and the long-term destructive effect on a victim's later life." He added "Her story will be an inspiration to others facing similar circumstances. Victims will see that they are not alone and will be encouraged to speak out about their own emotional responses to abuse." Biggs' third book in 2005, ''The Accidental Renovator: A Paris Story'' is about her exploits in buying an apartment in Paris in 2003. A combination of travel book, gonzo-journalistic treatment of the seedier side of Paris life and 'gallery of characters' met whilst renovating the apartment in 2004. Biggs' fourth book was titled Chat Room and released in 2006. It is about a 13-year-old girl who falls victim to a predator (posing as a child) in a teen chat room. Some of the inside information of this novel was provided by the Australian Federal Police and their files on offenders.〔 〕 It was also released in New Zealand in October 2006. ''Sex And Money: How To Get More'' was Biggs' fifth book, and treats of her own lessons on how to get more wealth, power, sex, and happiness.〔(Sex and Money: How to Get More )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara Biggs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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