Episode 60: Susan Allott: One of the enduring themes of the program is that almost nobody knows how to become a writer. On this episode of the Jam, author Susan Allot went to Australia for a boy, got homesick, came back to Britain, married an Australian…and then more than a decade later she wrote her book about a British woman who returns to Sydney.
But, as you’ll find out, that’s not what her book The Silence is about. And there’s more to Susan’s story.
Listen to a Clip
About Susan Allott
Susan Allott is a British author who lived and worked in Australia in the late nineties, desperately homesick but trying to make Sydney her home. She completed the Faber Academy course in 2016, during which she was persuaded not to abandon this novel.
She now lives in south London with her two children and her very Australian husband. For more information, please visit www.susanallott.com and follow Susan on Twitter (@susanallott), Instagram (@susanallottauthor), and Facebook (@sallottauthor).
