Susan Skinner (pseudonym Susan Holliday) is a writer, teacher, calligrapher and printmaker. She has published four collections of poetry and her poems have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. Her agent (not for poetry) is Lesley Pollinger of Paper Lion Ltd. who has enabled Susan to publish a number of children’s novels.
She has had a wide career in education, ranging from art teacher in a hospital school to creative writing tutor and lecturer.
Susan has a big family as she and her husband took on her sister’s four children when her sister died at a young age.
She has three children of her own, five grand-children and three great-grand-children.
She now lives in a very friendly village, alone with her inspiring but time-consuming dog, Alfie, who does not go for walks but sniff-along, giving his mistress time to write haikus in her head!
Susan has always been fascinated by the world about her, the people in all their complexity, the countryside’s history and its natural beauty. She also finds reading a great solace and joy.
Light Behind the Shadows is a collection of poems that will touch most people who read them, for they deal with many aspects of life as we know it. Each poem is well-made and imaginative but not hard to read. Susan Skinner is not afraid to face many difficult subjects and fundamental thoughts that ...
When Vikings descend upon Lindisfarne, young Derwyn unexpectedly finds himself the guardian of St. Cuthbert’s sacred coffin. Years later, as Vikings return, the adventurous legacy of Derwyn now courses through the veins of his grandchildren, beckoning them towards a destiny intertwined with the tr...
