Susan Hillmore is an English author and painter living in
Gloucestershire.
She studied fine art at the
Camberwell School of Art and has exhibited at the
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
.
[Frontispiece of ''The Greenhouse'' Fontana paperback edition 1989] She has also written two novels:
*''
The Greenhouse'' (1988) which was shortlisted for the
Sunday Express Book of the Year
The '' Sunday Express'' Book of the Year also known as The Sunday Express Fiction Award was awarded between 1987 and 1993. Worth £20,000 for the winner and £1,000 for each of the five shortlisted authors, it was the most lucrative fiction prize ...
[
*''Malaria'' (2000)
]
References
External links
Alex Clark on a prophetic tale of ecological destruction in Susan Hillmore's ''Malaria''
from '' The Guardian''
Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts
Living people
People from Gloucestershire
English women novelists
20th-century English novelists
20th-century English women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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