Suzanne Daniel

Suzanne Daniel is an Art of Writing writer with stunning success in the literary world. With her first book, Allegra in Three Parts, Suzanne won the 2020 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction. A fabulous achievement.

Published in the USA and Canada as A Girl in Three Parts, Suzanne is published by Knopf (Penguin Random House), Pan Macmillan in Australia and New Zealand.

Suzanne will share with us her writing and publishing journey Live from her home in Australia.

If there is one thread that connects me with my childhood, it’s definitely the fascination of a good story. My earliest memories have me under the wing of my grandfather reading a book, sitting at the dinner table with my mother reciting poetry, listening in as all the adults related great yarns to each other, begging for more details of my parents’ country childhood adventures and their boarding school experiences, and long car trips to our farm with my father inventing quirky stories and songs where my brothers and I would play a part in the show. I was taken to pantomimes, plays, ballets and musicals, and had drama lessons from an early age.

While coming to novel writing well into her career, Suzanne has a sense that everything in her life before now has somehow prepared her for this next chapter as an author. With a diploma in Drama, a degree in Communication and a Masters in Journalism, Suzanne has worked for ABC TV, The Sydney Morning Herald, The United Nations, BBC London, and in film production, crisis management and social services. An interest in business ethics led her to becoming a Vincent Fairfax Fellow (Ethics in Leadership) and ultimately to directorships with public company, community and philanthropic boards.