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                  Biography

                  Susan, 46, is a Lancashire lass, she grew up in Wigan and now lives in Skelmersdale. She has very fond memories of daytrips and holidays in Blackpool as a child. Her favourite Pleasure Beach ride is the River Caves - it cannot be a coincidence that many of Susan's books settings feature the same locations as the ride!

                  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.)

                  A Liverpool Echo weekly titles journalist and chief-sub editor for 10 years, Susan changed careers in 2009 to work in heritage education. She is now Learning & Community Manager at Norton Priory Museum & Gardens in Runcorn. She has also worked at Rufford Old Hall, Tatton Park, Quarry Bank Mill, Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Blackpool Zoo.

                  Susan is an External link opens in new tab or windowUndiscovered Voices 2016 winner, a competition organised by External link opens in new tab or windowSCBWI British Isles to find new writing talent. Susan won the 2015 SCBWI British Isles External link opens in new tab or windowMargaret Carey scholarship.

                  Susan was also longlisted in 2007 for the Writers & Artists 100th edition novel External link opens in new tab or windowwriting competition.


                  BOOK


                  Susan Brownrigg's debut children's novel GRACIE FAIRSHAW AND THE MYSTERIOUS GUEST is a historical middle-grade mystery set in Blackpool, 1935. It will be published by Uclan Publishing on July 2nd 2020.

                   

                  SYNOPSIS

                  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

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                  Gracie Fairshaw and the Mysterious Guest book cover - please credit designer Jenny Czerwonka


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                  Interviews with Susan Brownrigg about Gracie Fairshaw.


                  Youth Libraries Group blog: External link opens in new tab or windowall about my research process.

                  Disability is Ability: External link opens in new tab or windowwhy I chose to write about a main character with limb difference.

                  Children's Books North: External link opens in new tab or windowwhat the North means to me


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