Susan MaxwellSusan Maxwell is an independent author and scholar who has had short stories and poetry published in magazines and anthologies; has had one novel published by Little Island Books, and further novels and short stories independently published; has servd on fiction and non-fiction juries for the British Fantasy Awards; reviews regularly for Inis (the magazine of Children's Books Ireland); is influenced most by speculative and modernist fiction, being particularly fond of Flann O'Brien, Calvino, Beckett, and Woolf; has a PhD in Archival Science and writes papers on themes related to archives and fiction. When not writing, or painting, or being an archivist, the author can be found in the vegetable patch, listening to music, reading books, watching old detective series, or catching up on sleep. Read More Read Less