Susan Dorothy Geason (born 1946) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for adults and teenagers. Born in

New Norfolk, Tasmania New Norfolk is a town on the River Derwent, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. At the 2011 census, New Norfolk had a population of 5,543. Situated north-west of Hobart on the Lyell Highway, New Norfolk is a modern Australian region ...

, to Urban James and Joan Susan (née Oakford) Geason, she grew up in Queensland and graduated from the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

with a BA in History and Politics. While living in Canada, she completed a master's degree in Political Theory at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

. From 1979 to 1980 Geason was a Legislative Researcher in the Parliamentary Library, Canberra, and from 1980 to 1981 was education editor of ''

The National Times ''The National Times'', later ''National Times on Sunday'', was a weekly newspaper published by Fairfax News from 1971 to 1986. Background The paper quickly developed a reputation for accurate investigative journalism, winning four consecutive ...

''. From March 1982 to 1985 Geason was a policy officer in the Cabinet Office of the NSW Premier's Department. From 1985 to 1987, she was head of Information and Publications with the NSW State Pollution Control Commission. From 1991 to 1997, Geason was literary editor of

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...

. Since 1987, she has worked as a freelance writer, editor and communications consultant. The

State Library of New South Wales The State Library of New South Wales, part of which is known as the Mitchell Library, is a large heritage-listed special collections, reference and research library open to the public and is one of the oldest libraries in Australia. Establish ...

holds the ''Susan Geason papers, 1989-2001'', relating to the books she was writing at that time and comprising correspondence, draft manuscripts, interview notes, book plans, news clippings, research and photographs. Geason was awarded a PhD in creative writing by the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland in 2005 for her thesis, "Under the Canopy of Heaven : Charlotte Brontë and Mary Taylor; What Mary Knew : The Relationship Between Mary Taylor and Charlotte Brontë". It was published as ''What Mary Knew : Mary Taylor and Charlotte Brontë'' in 2011.

Publications

Adult Fiction * ''Shaved Fish'', Allen & Unwin, 1990, * ''Wildfire'', Arrow Books/Random House, 1995, Crime Fiction * ''Dogfish: A Syd Fish thriller'', Allen & Unwin, 1991, * ''Sharkbait: A Syd Fish mystery'', Allen & Unwin, 1993, Teenage Fiction and Non-Fiction * ''Great Australian Girls and the Remarkable Women They Became'', ABC Books, 1999, * ''Australian Heroines: Stories of Courage and Survival'', ABC Books, 2001, * ''Death of a Princess'', Little Hare Books, 2005, * ''Rebel Girl: A Tale of Friendship and Survival in Taiping China'', ABC Books, 2007, *
All Fall Down
', Little Hare Books, 2005, ; Large print edition ReadHowYouWant, 2008 *
Flight of the Falcon
', Little Hare Books, 2006, ; Large print edition ReadHowYouWant, 2009 Non-Fiction * ''Regarding Jane Eyre'', (editor and contributor), Random House, 1997, * ''Pitt Water People : The Ivers, Young, Gould, Cashman and Lahey Families in Tasmania'', Susan Geason, 2010, * ''What Mary Knew : Mary Taylor & Charlotte Brontë'', Susan Geason, 2011, * ''People of the Plains: The Young, Gould, Cashman, Lahey, Geason and Beven Families in Tasmania'', Susan Geason, 2nd ed., 2011, * ''River Folk: The Latham, Griggs, Corbett, Oakford, Darcy and O'Connor Families in Tasmania'', Susan Geason, 2nd ed., 2011, * ''A Long Way from Tipperary: The Geason, Beven, Evans and Lynch Families in Tasmania'', Susan Geason, 2nd ed., 2011, Stories in Anthologies and Magazines * ''An Old Husband's Tale'' in ''More Crimes for a Summer Christmas'', ed. Stephen Knight, Allen & Unwin, 1991, * ''Aint Misbehavin in ''Killing Women: Rewriting Detective Fiction'' (essays on feminism and the PI genre), ed. Delys Bird, Angus & Robertson, 1993, * ''Conflict of Interest'' in ''Moonlight Becomes You: Crimes for Summer 6'', ed. Jean Bedford, Allen & Unwin, 1995, * ''Sybilla of the Fires'' in ''Overland'' Vol. 138, Autumn 1995 * ''Totally Devoted'' in ''Shadow Alley (crime for teenagers)'', compiled by Lucy Sussex, Omnibus Books, 1995, * ''Green Murder'' in ''Women on the Case'', ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996, ; & Virago, 1996, * Geason has had stories published in ''Australian Penthouse'', ''Billy Blue Magazine'', ''The Sun-Herald'', ''Tages Anzeiger'' (Zurich), ''Australasian Post'' Crime Prevention * ''Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice'', (Paul R. Wilson, co-author), Australian Institute of Criminology, 1988, * ''Designing Out Crime: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design'', (Paul R. Wilson, co-author), Australian Institute of Criminology, 1989, * ''Preventing Car Theft and Crime in Car Parks'', (Paul R. Wilson, co-author), Australian Institute of Criminology, 1990, * ''Preventing Graffiti and Vandalism'', (Paul R. Wilson, co-author), Australian Institute of Criminology, 1990, * ''Preventing Retail Crime'', (Paul R. Wilson, co-author), Australian Institute of Criminology, 1992,

References

External links

Author's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geason, Susan 1946 births Living people University of Queensland alumni Australian women novelists Australian women short story writers 20th-century Australian women writers 20th-century Australian writers 21st-century Australian women writers 21st-century Australian writers The Sydney Morning Herald people Australian crime fiction writers