Susan Moody

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Susan Moody
Born
Susan Elizabeth Horwood

(1940-01-18) 18 January 1940 (age 85)
Oxford, England
Other namesSusannah James;
Susan Madison
(pen names)
OccupationWriter
Spouses
Walter Bertsch
(m. 1961;died 1971)
John Moody
(m. 1972,divorced)
(m. 2001)
Children3

Susan Moody FCIL (born 18 January 1940), is the principal pen name of Susan Elizabeth Horwood, an English novelist best known for her suspense novels.

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After marrying, as her third husband, Professor John Dalgleish Donaldson, at Oxford on 5 September 2001, she became stepmother of his four children, including Mary, Queen of Denmark. [1] She and her husband live in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Biography

The daughter of Professor Frederick Chesney Horwood (1904–1990) and Ursula née Wheeler-Robinson (1908–1989), daughter of the Revd Henry Wheeler-Robinson DD, she grew up in Oxford, attending Headington School. She then lived in France where she met her first husband, Professor Walter Frank Bertsch (died 1971), whom she married in 1961. They moved to Tennessee where she lived for 10 years and had two sons, before returning to Britain. She married secondly in 1972, Dr John Moody, having one son. She then studied with the Open University (BA 1978).

In 1983, Moody published her first novel, A Distant Shore, and one other historical novel under the pen name Susannah James before she turned to the genre of crime and suspense literature. More recently, she has also used the pen name Susan Madison. [2]

Moody is a former Chairwoman of the Crime Writers' Association and has served as World President of the International Association of Crime Writers. [3] She has been elected to the prestigious Detection Club and as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (FCIL). Having led numerous courses on writing crime fiction, she continues to tutor creative writing courses in England, France, Australia, and Denmark.

Bibliography

Amateur detective Penny is a beautiful 6-ft black photographer, daughter of a UN Ambassador.

Cassie Swann series

Cassie Swann is an expert bridge player in England.

Stand Alones

Other

Short stories

Moody has written a number of well-received short stories which have appeared in many anthologies.

References

  1. www.burkespeerage.com
  2. "Susan Moody - Literature".
  3. www.crimewritersna.org