Suzannah Dunn is an author and graduate of the MA

creative writing Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary ...

programme at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

, in

Norwich, United Kingdom Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

. She was Director of the MA in Novel Writing at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

1999-2005. Dunn won a

Betty Trask Award The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. Each year the awards total £20,000, with one author receiving a larger prize amount, called the ...

in 1991 for her novel, ''Quite Contrary''. Dunn's novel ''The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn'' details the life of the Tudor Queen and contrasts it with the fictional Lucy Cornwallis, the royal confectioner.Walsh, Rowena.
The lowdown on the love life of Anne Boleyn
. ''Irish Independent'', 7 February 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2019. A review of ''The Queen of Subtleties'' took issue with the character of Lucy but also stated: "Dunn's blend of fiction and real events works and the personal perspective she offers is interesting."

Bibliography

*''Darker Days Than Usual'' (1990) *''Quite Contrary'' (1991) *''Blood Sugar'' (1994) *''Venus Flaring'' (1996) *''Tenterhooks'' (1998) *''Commencing Our Descent'' (2000) *''Past Caring'' (2000) *''The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn'' (2004) *''The Sixth Wife'' (2007) *''The Queen's Sorrow'' (2008) *''The Confession of Katherine Howard'' (2010) * ''The May Bride'' (2014) * ''The Lady of Misrule'' (2015)

References

English women novelists English historical novelists Writers of historical romances Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of Manchester Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Women romantic fiction writers Women historical novelists {{England-writer-stub