Addressed to Greta

SHORTLISTED for the NZ BOOKLOVER'S BEST ADULT FICTION AWARDS 2021

I am thrilled to announce that Bateman Books launched their fiction list with my new novel.

Ruth Todd's radio interview at: Bookenz PlainsFM

Greg Fleming's review at: Kete Books

Karen McMillan's review at: NZ Booklovers

Josie Shapiro's  review at: ReadcloseNZ

Andrew Whiteside's review at: Sound Cloud

Interview with Fiona on: ReadcloseNZ

Alyson Baker's review at: alysontheblog

Felicity Murray's review at: Kiwiflora Reads

Bronwyn Elsmore's review at: FlaxFlower Review

New Zealand: The Womens Bookshop, Ponsonby • The Booklover, Milford • Fishpond NZ

Worldwide: Amazon (Kindle) • Fishpond NZ

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Shifting Colours (UK edition) / Another Woman's Daughter (US edition)

A story of secrets, love and loss. Set against the violent backdrop of apartheid South Africa and then the calm of late twentieth century Britain, the novel traces the lives of Celia and Miriam – a mother and daughter separated by land, sea and heart-rending circumstance.

AMAZON RISING STARS 2014 PICK

IN SAINSBURY'S BEST DEBUT NOVEL COLLECTION FOR 2014

"A highly emotional, instantly readable, unusually intelligent and satisfying novel about the days of apartheid in South Africa.". Fay Weldon

Anne Cater's review at: Random Things Through My Letterbox

Book of the Month, Feb 2015 Lovereading.co.uk. Review at: Lovereading

Ani Johnson's review at: The Book Bag UK

Graham Beattie's review at: Beattie's Book Blog

Sarah Frobisher's review at: RT Book Reviews

Diane Lunsford review at: Feathered Quill Reviews

Review at: Bookfoolery

Book of the Day at Washington DC Libraries: "Another Woman's Daughter by Fiona Sussman is today's beautiful, moving #BookoftheDay." DC Public Library@dcpl

Shifting Colours is published by Allison & Busby (London). The US version, Another Woman's Daughter, is published by Berkley - Penguin Books (New York)

New Zealand: Unity Books • Worldwide: Amazon • United Kingdom: Allison & Busby

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The Last Time We Spoke

One mild summer evening in rural New Zealand the lives of two individuals brutally collide. Neither will ever be the same again, their futures forever linked.

This is a dark tale that navigates the underbelly of urban New Zealand. It is also a very human story of hope and possibility.

 

WINNER 2017 NGAIO MARSH AWARD for BEST CRIME NOVEL NZ  Kiwi Blog Spot “Lyrically and sensitively written, a harrowing yet touching story that stays with you. This is brave and sophisticated storytelling.”

WINNER 2014 KOBO/NZ AUTHOR PUBLISHING PRIZE. ( when still a mansucript )

SHORTLISTED 2016 NZ HERITAGE BOOKS AND WRITING AWARD.

 BEST BOOKS 2016 Otago Daily Times 

 

The Sunday Mirror: 'A gripping story of grief and redemption.'

The Otago Daily Times: 'A hard-hitting,emotion-packed novel featuring injustice and racial prejudice.'

Yrsa Sigurdardottir, award-winning Icelandic crime writer: 'This novel is laden with empathy and insight . . . The result is harrowing, yet touching due to the writer’s approach and praiseworthy writing style . . .'

Paddy Richardson, award-winning New Zealand author: 'Lyrically and sensitively written . . . The complexity of this novel - the struggles experienced by the characters and the themes of conflict and redemption have stayed with me.'

Review at: KiwiFlora Reads

Review at: The Bookbag UK

Review by: Annah Stretton

Review at: FlaxFlower

Review at: Takahe

Review at: The Miner

Interview: The Listener

Interview: The Herald

Fiona discusses The Last Time We Spoke in: The Irish Times

Fiona discusses The Last Time We Spoke at: Female First

Published by Allison & Busby (UK) in May 2016. Distributed in NZ by Allen &Unwin.

New Zealand: Unity Books • Worldwide: Amazon • United Kingdom: Allison & Busby