Susannah Begbie

Susannah grew up on a sheep farm in NSW.

She has worked as a GP from Boggabri to Broome, South Coast to Red Centre and a whole lot of places in between.

In 2006, Susannah started a Graduate Diploma in Professional Writing at Canberra University. She was awarded Editor’s Pick for short story ‘Fly to meet you’ in the UCan’s First anthology, and best written text for children’s book ‘Don’t You Dare!’ in the Get Real project.

‘The Deed’ is Susannah’s first novel. It won the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers in 2022 and is published by Hachette Australia. Susannah is represented by the Jane Novak Literary Agency.