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Sue’s most recent short film as writer/director - MOTHER, MINE - has played at 69 film festivals so far, and won 13 international awards, as well as being Highly Commended in the Turner Classics Shorts competition.
MOTHER, MINE introduces the ‘Alison’ character from Sue’s spec thriller script HELLO MUM.
Her novel CRAZY HORSE is a finalist in The Peoples Book Prize.
Sue is currently writing a new crime drama – JUSTICE/TRUTH
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Sue worked with director Heenan Bhatti scripting FIND LATIF for October Films.
Sue's second short as writer-director MOOSE was a great success on the festival circuit. Her first WHITE RABBITS screened at festivals and on Channel Four.
Her first novel CRAZY HORSE was published by Route:
"A stomping, snorting, bucking bronco of a first novel from a thoroughbred storyteller who is here to stay. Think Black Beauty updated by Sporty Spice" - Joseph O'Connor
"An excellent novel, witty, complex and full of insight. A joy to read" - Beryl Bainbridge
"Painted with verve, vigour and technical excellence"
- Peter Tinniswood
After a Graphic Design degree from Leeds Polytechnic, Susan worked as a children's illustrator then took an MA in Scriptwriting at Northern School of Film and Television. She won the 1993 Carl Foreman Award for Screenwriting, in association with BAFTA, and has studied at film school in the US.
In 1993 Sue's story DUST won the Lynda La Plante "Humour" prize out of over 23,000 entries and she was a winner of the 1996 Northern Short Stories Competition.
Sue is represented by Charlotte Knight |
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