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Susan Price Biography

Susan Price was born near Birmingham in the British Midlands on July 8, 1955, where she still lives today.

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Susan Price is an English author of children's and young adult novels.

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She began writing at an early age and often entertained her younger siblings with her stories. When she was 15 and 16, she took part in the Children’s Literary Competition and won the £50 special prize on both occasions.

Motivated by these successes, she started working on her first book, The Devil’s Piper, which was published in 1973. Since she was initially unable to live from her writing, she held various jobs. Price worked in a bakery and washed dishes.

Susan Price biography: Susan Price was born near Birmingham in the British Midlands on July 8, , where she still lives today.

She wrote about her experiences while employed in a supermarket in her book Sticks and Stones (1976). The author also taught creative writing.

Price has published more than 30 novels. The Sterkarm Handshake (1998) won the Guardian Fiction Award (1999).

Her novel The Ghost Drum received the Carnegie Medal (1987).

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