Suzy K Quinn
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Susannah K Quinn (born 12 October 1979) is a British author, writing chiefly in the romance genre. She is both a published and self-published author, and wrote the romantic comedy series Bad Mother's Diary. Quinn's novels have sold a total of nearly 1 million copies.{{cite web|title=The Greatest Love Story Ever Told|publisher=Christian Bookaholic|url=http://www.christianbookaholic.com/2023/06/26/the-greatest-love-story-ever-told-by-suzy-k-quinn/}}
Early life and education
Quinn is from Colchester.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5321488.Suzy_K_Quinn|title=Suzy K Quinn (Author)|website=Goodreads|accessdate=25 January 2025}} She began writing as a teenager, when she and her sister Cath entered and jointly won a novel-writing contest; both Quinn and her sister have gone on to become authors since that competition.{{cite web |title=Writing a book about lockdown helped me cope with the crisis |url=https://blog.aboutamazon.co.uk/supporting-small-businesses/writing-a-book-about-lockdown-helped-me-cope-with-the-crisis |publisher=Amazon |date=23 June 2020}} Quinn studied Sociology at the University of Nottingham.
Career
Quinn worked as a journalist and ghostwriter, writing for a number of British newspapers, including The Guardian, Sunday Times Magazine and The Sun.{{cite web |last1=Plumber |first1=Matt |title=Wivenhoe author combines fiction with her personal experiences of life in lockdown |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18504071.wivenhoe-author-combines-fiction-personal-experiences-life-lockdown/ |publisher=Essex County Standard |date=13 June 2020}} While working as a journalist, she signed her first book deal with Hodder & Stoughton in 2011 and released a psychological thriller.{{cite web|title=Hodder buys debut thriller|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/hodder-buys-debut-thriller|website=The Bookseller|accessdate=18 April 2018|language=en}} In 2012, Quinn signed a two-book deal with Hachette Livre and released her novel, "Glass Geishas"{{cite web |title=A plausible solution |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/304965/a-plausible-solution |publisher=Bangkok Post}} The novel was later retitled, Night Girls.{{cite web|title=Book Review: Glass Geishas by Susanna Quinn|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-309028744.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426011833/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-309028744.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2018|publisher=Clitheroe Advertiser and Times|accessdate=18 April 2018|date=2 July 2012}} The book drew on her experiences of working as a geisha in Japan during her twenties.{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/329318/I-was-a-real-life-geisha|title=I was a real-life geisha|first=Kathryn|last=Spencer|date=28 June 2012|publisher=Daily Express}} It follows events in the Roppongi district after a hostess goes missing.{{cite web|title=Seeing the darker side of life as a modern day Geisha inspired Susanna Quinn to write a book|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/echofeatures/echowoman/9814635.Seeing_the_darker_side_of_life_as_a_modern_day_Geisha_inspired_Susanna_Quinn_to_write_a_book/|website=Echo|accessdate=19 April 2018|language=en}} The novel has also been published in Russia.{{cite web|url=http://lubimyczytac.pl/autor/107678/susanna-quinn|title=Susanna Quinn|website=Lubimyczytać.pl}} What's On Dubai listed the book under its top 10 reads for summer 2012.{{cite web |title=Top 10 Summer reads |url=https://issuu.com/motivatepublishing/docs/what_s_on_july_2012/60 |publisher=Whats On Dubai}}
In 2015, Quinn published the Bad Mother's Diary, a romantic comedy about new motherhood and single motherhood. The book also became a bestseller.{{cite web |title=7 things I’d like readers to know about me |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/7-things-like-readers-know-suzy-quinn-1246449.html |publisher=Female First |date=18 June 2020}} Quinn's Bad Mother's book series began life as a concept for a magazine article. In an interview, Quinn stated she "just couldn't stop writing" once she started the story of Juliette and Nick. The series includes six books, which follow the life of a mother through both motherhood and romance. The first of the "Bad Mother's" series outsold all her other books, reaching first position on the romantic comedy list on Amazon.
In 2018, Quinn signed a two-book deal with HQ Harper Collins for two psychological thrillers, Don't Tell Teacher and Not My Daughter. Don't Tell Teacher reached number 7 in the UK Kindle charts on its release in March 2018. In May 2020, Quinn released "Not My Daughter," a story about a 16-year-old runaway. Not My Daughter reached number 27 in the UK Kindle charts on its May 2020 release.{{cite web |last1=Beaton |first1=Babs |title=Not My Daughter review |url=https://www.myweekly.co.uk/2020/06/19/not-my-daughter-suzy-k-quinn/ |publisher=My Weekly |date=19 June 2020}}
In 2020, Quinn released her sixth installment, Bad Mother's Virus.{{cite web |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |title=No pubs, no kissing, no flying: how Covid-19 is forcing authors to change their novels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/01/no-pubs-no-kissing-no-flying-how-covid-19-is-forcing-authors-to-change-their-novels |publisher=The Guardian |date=1 June 2020}} The book was written and released during the UK's COVID-19 pandemic, and tells the story of self-isolating mum during lockdown in Quinn's comical style used throughout the Bad Mother series. All proceeds from the book were donated to the NHS. Quinn currently works as Editorial Director for the UK office of [https://www.ka-writing.com/meet-the-team/ Kevin Anderson and Associates].{{cite web|title=Kevin Anderson and Associates|url=https://www.ka-writing.com/meet-the-team/}}
Books
=Standalone novels=
- Night Girls (initially named Glass Geishas) (2012){{cite web|title=Book review: Glass Geishas by Susanna Quinn|url=https://www.burnleyexpress.net/whats-on/arts/book-review-glass-geishas-by-susanna-quinn-1-4686924|publisher=Burnley Express|accessdate=18 April 2018|language=en}}
- Show, Don't Tell (October 2013)
- I Take This Woman (2013)
- Don't Tell Teacher (March 2019)
- Not My Daughter (May 2020)
- The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (May 2023)
=Bad mother series=
- Bad Mother's Diary (July 2015)
- Bad Mother's Detox (February 2017)
- Bad Mother Begins (March 2017)
- Bad Mother's Pregnancy (2017)
- Bad Mother's Holiday (June 2018)
- Bad Mother's Christmas (October 2019)
- Bad Mother's Virus (May 2020)
- Bad Mother’s Wedding (November 2020)
Personal life
She currently lives in Wivenhoe, Essex, with her husband and two daughters.
References
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External links
- [http://suzykquinn.com Official website]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham
Category:British chick lit writers
Category:British women romantic fiction writers
Category:English women novelists