Susan Elkin

Susan Elkin's new book This Writing Business is an inpiring account of her very varied writing career.

She is is a journalist and author of over 50 books, mostly school English text books and advice books for teachers - the fruit of years at the chalkface as a secondary English teacher. Susan has written extensively for most of the major national newspapers and was education editor and columnist at The Stage for many years.

Susan reviews theatre for The Reviews Hub and London Pub Theatres Magazine several times each week along with classical music concerts for various outlets.

Her weekly blog, Susan's Bookshelves, now in its fifth year, features a book each week and posts on Wednesday mornings.

A woman of passions, Susan loves theatre, donkeys, word derivations, irises, Shakespeare, beetroot, bassoons, Barchester Towers, Poole Harbour, ducklings, anything mauve . . . and her two grown up sons and four granddaughters. Now widowed, she lives back in her native South London with her tabby cat, Dave.

Recent books include The Alzheimer's Diaries, an upbeat look at living with a loved one's illness and All Booked Up which examines life via fifteen favourite and pivotal book titles.

Susan is currently working on a book of short stories.