Sally Cook
Personal Information
Description
Susan Griffin was born on 14 May 1952 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, daugther of Maureen McGinnity and Norman Griffin. She obtained a Bachelor in English at University Sussex on 1973. On 1976, she married Tim Curran, and they divorced on 1980. On 1980, she remarried Ray Curnow, and they divorced on 1988. On 1997, she remarried Paul Frederick Simmonds, and they live between in central Norwich, England and in the Loire valley, France. She has two children: Rufus and Evan. She is a professional writer since 1979, and has since written or co-written more than 30 published books, including a wide range of non-fiction books and novels for Collins and Constable, she also wrote under the pseudonym of Sally Cook for Mills & Boon. She researches the life of real people to her novels, and now also to write biographies. During the course of her researches she visited many of the places in both England and France. In the 1990s Susan set up with a group of writer friends and ran a small fiction publisher, Rampant Horse. Since 1997 she has run Curran Publishing Services Ltd, www.curranpublishing.com, which specializes in preparing mostly non-fiction books for press under subcontract from major publishers. In this capacity she has copy edited, typeset and indexed hundreds of books. For eight years until 2009, CPS had its offices in a redundant medieval church in Norwich, St Mary Coslany. Susan has been also a trustee of the Norwich Historic Churches Trust, which oversees many of Norwich’s redundant churches, since the early 1990s.
Books
Inherit Your Love
The black sheep wasn't about to turn white And that was why Laura didn't relish the idea of telling Alex Gillon he was about to become the Earl of Exonby--and the owner of a Gloucestershire estate. She liked it even less once she'd met handsome, hard-talking Alex--now a successful businessman in New Mexico. He'd fled England years ago, wanting no part of the title or his family's estate. And he definitely didn't plan to return. The instant electric attraction that sizzled between them brought conflicts--for Laura believed Alex should forget his bitter past and accept his birthright. Even if that meant sacrificing their love.
Deep harbour
A man to be avoided at all costs! That was what Lucy told herself about Laurent. She was spending the summer working for her uncle on the Spanish island of Minorca. She wanted to heal a broken heart and enjoy the sun. A holiday romance could destroy her completely. Laurent was all the more dangerous because of the mystery surrounding him. Lucy knew only that he was some sort of banker. She didn't know why he was so edgy about his privacy and so paranoid about his security. Or why his touch seemed to mock her hard-won resolve.
Spring sunshine
Work before pleasure? Belinda Barford had been thrilled to be hired as Dr. Howard Henderson's assistant on his research trip to Crete. It had even seemed right to respond to his advances--it was obvious they shared an overwhelming sense of attraction for each other. Only, their romance soon turned soar when it dawned on Belinda that although Howard was attracted to her, he wasn't returning her love. Surely he didn't believe she was just out for a good time--that she'd cheerfully get involved with any man who asked? /> Belinda had fallen in love. And she'd learned her lesson. She had to put work before pleasure because the pain way too great otherwise.
Hijacked heart
She was prepared to meet challenges Yet on her first big assignment as a photojournalist, Claire found that she wasn't ready for Jake Eagleton. Dynamic, footloose, and wedded to his career as a structural engineer, Jake made it plain he was here today--but he would be gone tomorrow. And Claire knew the attraction growing between them could only end in heartbreak. She told herself that Jake Eagleton was a man to put down to experience. Then she found herself in a situation she couldn't control, and Jake changed her mind ....
Good night pillow fight
Rhyming bedtime conversation between a city full of parents and their children, who are much more interested in playing than sleeping.
Belonging
What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? How do we create community? When can we say that we truly belong? The issues of place and belonging are the subject of this book. Moving from past to present, the author charts a journey in which she moves from place to place, from country to city and back again, only to end where she began in her native place, Kentucky. She explores a geography of the heart, focusing on issues of homeplace, of land, and land stewardship, linking the issues to global environmentalism and sustainability. She writes about family and the ties that bind. And she focuses on the experience of black farmers, past and present who celebrate local organic food production. This work offers a vision of a world where all people, wherever they call home, can live fully and well, and where everyone can belong.