Susan King was born in Merseyside and now lives in County Durham. She has won numerous awards, including the Women Writers’ Network Award, the London Writers’ Competition and the
Southampton Writers’ Conference Prize. She was one of 12 finalists in the London Independent Story Prize in 2022, shortlisted for the New Writing North Finchale Award in 2024 and recently
shortlisted in the New2totheScene Flash Fiction 2025 competition. She is currently on the shortlist for the Bridport Short Story Competition 2025. Her short stories have been published online, in women’s magazines, and featured in two anthologies by The Women’s Press. She has a master’s degree in creative writing from Newcastle University, graduating in 2023 with a distinction. Her debut YA Fantasy novel is doing the rounds of agents and publishers. At present, she is working on a crime novel set in the North East of England.