Sue Fraser Taylor was born in Hull and has also lived in Bradford, Toronto, and Aberdeen. She began writing during her school years, but it wasn’t until 2017 that her first completed book was published. This came after her time as a curator at Hornsea Museum and after completing her first year studying Creative Writing at Hull University.
Her passion for local history is evident in five of her books: Hornsea Remembers, which tells the stories of Hornsea men who died in the First World War; This Squalid Little Room, focusing on T.E. Lawrence’s visits to Hornsea; Crumbs on the Carpet, chronicling Wilfred Owen’s final year in Scarborough; Lay the Flower Where It’s Fallen, an account of Anne Brontë’s life and death in Scarborough; and Southfield House, which explores the stories of those who lived in the Victorian home where she now resides.
Sue’s past career has largely revolved around research, particularly in local history and archival work within the East Riding of Yorkshire. Alongside her non-fiction, she has written two well-reviewed novels—Shadow Child and Paris, Picasso and Me (both with a nod to the historical), with a third, titled Marsha, currently at the development stage. She has also published several short stories.
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