Susan Duncan

After a 25-year career spanning radio, newspaper and magazine journalism, including editing two of Australia's top selling women's magazines,The Australian Women's WeeklyandNew Idea, Susan Duncan woke up one morning and chucked in her job. The decision followed the deaths of her husband and brother. After struggling to begin again, she finally found her own patch of paradise on earth only to discover it might already be too late when she was diagnosed with cancer herself. Today Susan lives with her second husband, Bob, on the shores of Pittwater atTarrangaua, the beautiful home built for poet Dorothea Mackellar in 1925. Susan's bestselling memoir,Salvation Creek, and its sequel,The House At Salvation Creek,were huge bestsellers. Susan is also the author of the beautifully illustrated coffee table book A Life On Pittwater.The Briny Café is her first novel.

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