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She studied at Low Hall County Primary (now closed) and Byrchall High School. She did a Btec in Media Studies at St Helens College and then completed a degree in Journalism, Film & Broadcasting at University of Wales College of Cardiff (UWCC.)
Susan is currently a Library Information Assistant.
She previously worked for twelve years in heritage and wildlife education, including as Learning Manager at Norton Priory Museum & Gardens, Runcorn. She has also worked at Rufford Old Hall, Tatton Park, Quarry Bank Mill, Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Blackpool Zoo. Her first career, lasting ten years, was as a journalist and sub editor at Liverpool daily Post & Echo Weekly Newspapers.
Susan is an 
Undiscovered Voices 2016 winner, a competition organised by SCBWI British Isles to find new writing talent. Susan won the 2015 SCBWI British Isles Margaret Carey scholarship.
Susan was also longlisted in 2007 for the Writers & Artists 100th edition novel writing competition.
BOOKS
GRACIE FAIRSHAW AND THE TROUBLE AT THE TOWER (October 2021, Uclan Publishing)
Seaside mystery set in Blackpool Tower, Christmas, 1935.
The stage is set for a thrilling mystery!
Gracie Fairshaw is delighted to get a sneak preview of the Children's Ballet's Christmas spectacular. But when the curtain rises, things go horribly wrong for the young dancers. Accidents, pranks and a poison pen letter make Gracie wonder if someone is trying to spoil the show. Can Gracie and her friends stop the saboteur before their final act?
Book cover by Jenny Czerwonka
KINTANA AND THE CAPTAIN'S CURSE (July 2021, Uclan Publishing)
A pirate treasure hunt set on Nosy Boraha, Madagascar, 1733.
Ahoy there! The Nine Sails is casting off for Madagascar. So, all aboard for a treasure hunt you'll never forget!
Kintana has grown up listening to stories of life at sea from her pa, an ex-pirate turned pet shop owner. So when a tall ship - The Nine Sails - berths at Pirate Island she eagerly joins the motley crew as a cabin boy - even though her main duty will be to look after the pirate's pets.
But someone on board is determined to disrupt the voyage, could the dreaded captain's curse be to blame? Or it it the lure of buried treasure that will draw the ship back to her island home?
One thing is for sure, Kintana is about to discover that sometimes adventure is found closer to home.
The book cover design and all illustrations created by Jenny Czerwonka.
GRACIE FAIRSHAW AND THE MYSTERIOUS GUEST (July 2020, Uclan Publishing)
A seaside mystery set in Blackpool, 1935.
Strange things are afoot at The Majestic … Check yourself in for a mystery beside the seaside.
Gracie Fairshaw and her family have barely moved into The Majestic, a Blackpool boarding house, when her Ma mysteriously vanishes.
Gracie teams up with her younger brother George, siblings Violet and Tom, and maid Phyllis. They must work out why one of the guests – a conman conjurer – has made Ma disappear … Can they get her safely home as the clock ticks down to the 1935 Illuminations Switch-on?
The book cover design and all illustrations created by Jenny Czerwonka.
CONTACT: susanbrownriggwriter@outlook.com
Social media links
Website susanbrownrigg.com
Twitter suebmuseum
All images copyright Susan Brownrigg
Gracie Fairshaw and the Mysterious Guest book cover - please credit designer Jenny Czerwonka
