Susan Harrison (1948 – 14 April 2013) was a Canadian writer and artist who published under the name A. S. A. Harrison. She lived in

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and was married to visual artist John Massey. Harrison made a name for herself with performance art in the late 1960s, collaborating with

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. She worked as a

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for Toronto publications, and published several works of non-fiction. Her only novel, ''The Silent Wife'', published in June 2013, was met with positive reviews. The domestic noir psychological thriller tells the story of the slow murderous disintegration of a marriage. Shortly before the novel's publication, Harrison died of cancer, aged 65.

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