Susan Welfare (born 1963) is an English

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writer who also writes under the pseudonyms Kate Lawson and Gemma Fox. She is also the creator of

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's first audio drama '' Little Bexham''. She attended

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Grammar School and has lived in

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all her life.

Writing career

Welfare began her career writing freelance articles for a variety of magazines including ''Practical Crafts'' and ''Young Soldier'' before writing erotic fiction for top shelf magazines. In 1995, she had her first full-length novel published by

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and won the ''

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'' opening of a novel competition."Radio Drama: Little Bexham"
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in 1998. In 2004, she began writing under the name Gemma Fox publishing ''Hot Pursuit'', also through HarperCollins. In 2007, she wrote the BBC Radio Norfolk drama ''Little Bexham'' under the name Sue Welfare. In 2008, she wrote as Kate Lawson, with ''Mum's the Word'' published by Avon. She teaches writing at the

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Novels

As Sue Welfare

* ''A Few Little Lies'' (1998) * ''Just Desserts'' (1998) * ''Off the Record'' (1999) * ''Moving on Up'' (2000) * ''Guilty Creatures'' (2001) * ''Fallen Women'' (2002) * ''Double Or Quits'' (2004) * ''A Surprise Party'' (2011)

As Kate Lawson

* ''Mum's the Word'' (2008) * ''Lessons in Love'' (2008) * ''Keeping Mum'' (2009) * ''Mother of the Bride'' (2010)

As Gemma Fox

* ''Hot Pursuit'' (2004) * ''Caught in the Act'' (2005) * ''The Cinderella Moment'' (2006)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Welfare, Sue 1963 births Academics of the University of East Anglia English women writers Living people People from Downham Market