{"id":442667,"date":"2021-10-15T13:36:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?page_id=442667"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:30:46","slug":"susan-allott","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/creative-writing-courses\/novel-writing-mentors\/susan-allott\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Allott: Writing Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Your writing mentor, Susan Allott<\/h1> <\/div>\r\n
Specialises in: Contemporary, literary, book club, crime, thriller, action and women’s fiction.<\/div>
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About Susan<\/h2>

Susan Allott is a critically acclaimed author whose debut novel, \u2018The Silence\u2019, was published internationally by Borough Press \/ Harper Collins in 2020 and was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association New Blood Dagger Award. Her second novel, \u2018The House on Rye Lane\u2019, was published in January 2024 and was a Sunday Times crime pick of the month.<\/p>\n

Susan is an English Literature graduate, studying at Leeds University and then Goldsmiths College. She later went on to complete the Faber Academy course, and then the Jericho Writers self-edit course with Emma Darwin and Debi Alper. Susan began her mentoring career with the Leeds University Alumni Mentoring Scheme, supporting final year students with their publishing goals. She has gone on to work as a freelance editor and story consultant while growing her success with mentees.<\/p>\n

Before she was published, Susan had a long career in the equalities sector, supporting disadvantaged people to believe in themselves and achieve their aspirations.<\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n