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Sue Lawrence is a
Scottish cookery and food writer, noted for her promotion of traditional Scottish recipes and regional produce, and also a writer of historical novels set in Scotland, exploring women's lives.
Biography
Lawrence first became well known after winning the
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cookery programme ''
MasterChef
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'' in 1991.
She wrote a regular column for
Scotland on Sunday
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for several years and was Cookery Editor for the
Sunday Times for six years, and has also contributed to
Sainsbury's
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magazine, ''Woman & Home'', ''
Country Living
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'' and ''BBC Good Food'' magazine. She also regularly appears on
British
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and
Australian television and until 2011 was one of the food experts on
STV's early evening lifestyle show ''
The Hour''. In radio, she is a regular on BBC Radio 4's Kitchen Cabinet, chaired by Jay Rayner.
Raised in
Dundee, Lawrence now lives in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...
with her husband, Pat. She has three adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
Cookbooks
* ''On Baking'' (1996)
* ''Scots Cooking'' (2000)
* ''Sue Lawrence's Scottish Kitchen'' (2003)
* ''Sue Lawrence's Book of Baking'' (2004)
* ''A Cook's Tour of Scotland'' (2006)
* ''Eating In'' (2011)
Historical Novels
Lawrence has also written a number of historical novels featuring dark aspects of Scotland's past. Her debut novel, ''Fields of Blue Flax'', was published in 2015 by Freight Books. She published a historical thriller titled ''The Night He Left'' in 2015. Another novel ''The Last Train'' was published in 2016 by Freight Books in the UK, and Allen and Unwin elsewhere. This novel features the 17 day aftermath of the
Tay Bridge Disaster
The Tay Bridge disaster occurred during a violent storm on Sunday 28 December 1879, when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed as a North British Railway (NBR) passenger train on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line from Burntisland bound for its final ...
in 1879, but includes a modern story. ''Down to the Sea'', her first historical mystery of several to examine the injustices faced by women in Scottish history, was published by Contraband in 2019 and concerns the fragile and often dangerous circumstances of women working in the fishing industry in the harbours of Victorian Scotland. 'The Wee Review' described this book as a "fast-paced and enjoyable read" that "cements Lawrence as a skilled creator of historical mysteries". ''The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange'', published in 2020, is a fictionalised account of the life of Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange, who was summarily abducted at the hands of agents of her husband and exiled on the Monach Isles and then to St Kilda, where she ultimately died. The novel is viewed from
Lady Grange's point of view, while until recently her husband's account has been better known and documented. 'The Edinburgh Reporter' described it as a "superlative page-turner", crediting it for offering a "clear-sighted look at the treatment of women". A forthcoming novel, ''The Green Lady'', examines the fate of the wives of
Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline
Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline (1555–1622) was a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord President of the Court of Session from 1598 to 1604, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1604 to 1622 and as a Lord High Commiss ...
, when Lilias Drummond,daughter of Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond, and successive wives failed to produce a male heir.
Awards
*
Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards - Best Regional Writer 2003
[Lawrence, Sue, ''A Cook's Tour of Scotland'', London: Headline, 2006. ]
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Living people
Scottish chefs
Scottish television chefs
Women chefs
Year of birth missing (living people)