Sue lives in a house surrounded by a
wildlife hedge so she can pretend she lives in the countryside. She
enjoys reading, walking, cinema, researching her books, and
painting and printmaking, when she's not writing -- which isn't
very often!
Sue's latest book, Second
Skin, will be out 18th July 2019.
Synopsis
Aledra is one of
a race of shape-shifters; the Drakkoni, powerful warriors and
conquerors of a wild and beautiful continent. She is estranged from
her cold and distant father, who is Lord Commander and confidante
of the King. When her attempt to save a life goes tragically wrong,
she becomes a fugitive, hunted both by her father and a pitiless
bounty hunter. She teams up with Jubal, a young man from an
indigenous tribe, who has witnessed the slaughter of his people by
the hated Drakkoni. Aledra and Jubal journey across the war-torn
continent, surviving as best they can while their greatest
challenge is how to exist as sworn enemies.
Sue is currently working on her next novel, a
Gothic Mystery set in Victorian Northamptonshire and the shoe
trade.
About Second Skin, Sue says: ‘I
started out with the germ of an idea for Second Skin which became
more complex, far reaching, and darkly sinister as I developed it.
This happens most of the time when I’m writing for a Young Adult
and older readership! Fascinating things happen when cultures
collide. There’s so much material for a writer to explore. I’m also
very interested in the many stories and rich lore of Native
American Culture. Within it, I found inspiration for some of the
themes and characters for Second Skin.’
