Susanna Jones

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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2001
  • Latest Book:
    November 2014
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About the Author

Susanna Jones was born in Hull and grew up in Hornsea in East Yorkshire. She studied drama at Royal Holloway University of London and then spent several years abroad, including two years in Turkey and five years in Japan. She taught English in secondary schools, language schools, a steel corporation and worked as an assistant editor and presenter for NHK Radio.

In 1996 she studied for an MA in Novel Writing at the University of Manchester and now lectures in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. She lives in Brighton.

Her work has been translated into over twenty languages and has won the CWA John Creasey Dagger, a Betty Trask Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was selected for Fiction Uncovered Best British Novels of 2012.

Book List in Order: 4 titles

  • The Earthquake Bird

    Now a major Netflix film starring Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough, a haunting psychological thriller set in Tokyo probing deep into the mind of a murder suspectThe grisly headline leaves nothing to the imagination: "Woman's torso recovered from Toky...

  • Water Lily

    With her slender back held rigid against the wind, a beautiful Japanese girl stands on the deck of the Shanghai ferry and looks down at the churning currents. Hiding near the doorway, an Englishman watches the girl, who looks like she owns the night ...

  • The Missing Person's Guide to Love

    Isabel, Owen and Julia were childhood friends. But when they were fifteen, Julia disappeared without a trace â€" an event that had a devastating impact on the others. Years later, Isabel returns to her home town in the north of England for Owen’s f...

  • When Nights Were Cold

    As Queen Victoria’s reign reaches its end, Grace Farringdon dreams of polar explorations and of escape from her stifling home with her protective parents and eccentric, agoraphobic sister. But when Grace secretly applies to Candlin, a women’s col...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Susanna Jones has published 4 books.

Susanna Jones does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, When Nights Were Cold, was published in November 2014.

The first book by Susanna Jones, The Earthquake Bird, was published in September 2001.

No. Susanna Jones does not write books in series.
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