Marlise Simons is a Dutch-born journalist who joined The New York Times in 1982.
Simons has worked extensively as a journalist throughout Latin America, also reporting for The Washington Post.
She was based in Mexico City from 1971 to 1984 and in Rio de Janeiro from 1984 to 1989.
In Europe her writing has covered political, social, cultural and environmental issues and in particular proceedings at international courts and tribunals in The Hague dealing with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
She is married to Alan Riding, a journalist and author, with whom she has a son, Alexander.