About

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The Making of a Mystery Writer

I feel lucky to be transcontinental and transatlantic, equally at home in California and Florida, with a large and boisterous extended family in England, including twenty-three cousins which, even to me, sees like a lot.

I wear a Starfleet communicator pin and a Mystery Writers of America membership pin, but seldom at the same time.

My teapot is never cold and my family is pretty much agreed that I can’t make a decent cup of coffee. We share our lives with a standard poodle called Picasso, and a cat called Midnight who wandered in a few months ago and decided to stay.

I used to be a newspaper reporter. I’ve also designed marketing and public relations for a safari park, raised funds for non-profit organizations, and been president of the Palm Beach County (Fla.) Attractions Association. I previously served on the board of the Florida chapter, Women’s National Book Association.

I love the Golden Age mysteries, written between the world wars by writers like Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh.

My first novel, The Man on the Washing Machine, won the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition (Yay me!)

At Home With Susan

Susan with Picasso

Susan with Picasso

Susan at Land’s End, San Francisco

Susan at Land’s End, San Francisco

Agatha Christie was discovered suffering from amnesia at The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire, after a ten-day manhunt that electrified the country. On a trip to England, my friends took me to tea at the hotel and I had the fun of seeing the room where Christie stayed.

Susan at the Mystery Writers of America Edgars Banquet where she received the Minotaur Books/MWA First Crime Novel Award.

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