Sue Dean

Sue Dean is a great grandmother and works full time as the owner/director of a small music publishing company. She has been filling notebooks with short stories since the age of eight but life, children and work meant that until very recently it was no more than a self indulgent hobby. An MA in creative writing provided a reason to write with more purpose and the confidence to enter writing competitions. In the last year three short stories have been published: The Red Geranium, Suenos, and Merlin. The stories she writes are usually about women and more particularly the women who generally remain invisible.

Credentials

Sue Dean in 60 seconds

When did you start writing?

8 in Uckfield, Sussex.

What do you love about short stories?

That they can encompass a lifetime or just a brief moment.

Do you write in other forms?

Currently part way through a crime novel.

What distracts you from writing?

Everything.

Outside of writing, what are your other passions?

Reading, politics, gardening and cats.

What is your favourite book?

Alice in Wonderland.

Who are your favourite writers?

Ernest Hemingway, Italo Calvino and John Steinbeck.

Where is your dream location?

Cuba.

What one item would you put into Room 101?

Spiders and most politicians.

Do you have any advice for new writers?

Read a lot.