Lucy Sussex's guest appearances

Lucy Sussex

Strange Horizons

Adelaide Writers' Week 2016

Published...Or Not

Terra Incognita Speculative Fiction

Queer Writers of Crime 

Matthew Ryan

Edwin Hill

Laura Elizabeth

Michael Pryor

Andrew Schulz

Sean Williams

Damon Young

Joel Martin

Abigail Ulman

Angela Savage

Liane Moriarty

Mark Baker

Rachel Matthews

Markus Zusak

Geraldine Brooks

OwlTail

Ep:097 Lucy Sussex is a New Zealand-born writer living in Australia. Her award-winning work covers many genres, from children’s books to horror. She began in science fiction, and has published internationally and in translation. She has worked as a librarian, researcher, editor and weekly review columnist for newspapers. Her literary archaeology (unearthing unjustly forgotten writers) work includes Women Writers and Detectives in C19th Crime Fiction: the mothers of the mystery genre (Palgrave).  In 2015 she published the prize-winning Blockbuster! (Text Publishing) about Fergus Hume’s 1886 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, set in Melbourne and the biggest selling detective novel of the 1800s. Hume was a rival of Conan Doyle, who hated the book; he was also blackmailed for being gay. Currently she is completing a co-written biography of detective writer Mary Fortune and her criminal son George.QueerWritersOfCrime.comBlockbuster!: by Lucy Sussex on Amazon USABlockbuster!: by Lucy Sussex on Amazon AUSA Density of Souls by Christopher RiceChristopher &amp; Eric PodcastPaul Rudd Video of the Week bradshreve.comRequeered Tales.comThe three year run of Queer Writers of Crime was fantastic but no new episodes are being made. Therefore, some links may not work. Be sure to check out Brad's new podcast, Queer We Are, where he interviews LGBTQ celebrities, athletes, activists, politicians, and more. You can find it at queerweare.com

Ep:097 Lucy Sussex is a New Zealand-born writer living in Australia. Her award-winning work covers many genres, from children’s books to horror. She began in science fiction, and has published internationally and in translation. She has worked as a librarian, researcher, editor and weekly review columnist for newspapers. Her literary archaeology (unearthing unjustly forgotten writers) work includes Women Writers and Detectives in C19th Crime Fiction: the mothers of the mystery genre (Palgrave).  In 2015 she published the prize-winning Blockbuster! (Text Publishing) about Fergus Hume’s 1886 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, set in Melbourne and the biggest selling detective novel of the 1800s. Hume was a rival of Conan Doyle, who hated the book; he was also blackmailed for being gay. Currently she is completing a co-written biography of detective writer Mary Fortune and her criminal son George. <a href="http://queerwritersofcrime.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">QueerWritersOfCrime.com</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blockbuster-Fergus-Hume-Mystery-Hansom-ebook/dp/B00V2GDIIW/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&amp;keywords=blockbuster%21&amp;qid=1629148904&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blockbuster!: by Lucy Sussex on Amazon USA</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Blockbuster-Fergus-Hume-Mystery-Hansom-ebook/dp/B00V2GDIIW/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=lucy+sussex&amp;qid=1629149093&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blockbuster!: by Lucy Sussex on Amazon AUS</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Density-Souls-Christopher-Rice-ebook/dp/B00MBTLDG8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=a+density+of+souls&amp;qid=1629149548&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Density of Souls</a> by Christopher Rice <a href="http://thedinnerpartyshow.com/christopherandericpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher &amp; Eric Podcast</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/8OvReJRAqmk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Rudd Video of the Week</a> <a href="https://bradshreve.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bradshreve.com</a> <a href="https://requeeredtales.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Requeered Tales.com</a> <h1> </h1> The three year run of Queer Writers of Crime was fantastic but no new episodes are being made. Therefore, some links may not work. Be sure to check out Brad's new podcast, Queer We Are, where he interviews LGBTQ celebrities, athletes, activists, politicians, and more. You can find it at <a href="https://www.queerweare.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">queerweare.com</a>

Lucy Sussex On An 1800s Blockbuster Crime Novel

Cass Moriarty

Would you write letters of regret or revenge as your 'Parting Words'?  Cass Moriarty has a family learning about their father through letters he has left.Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travelled to Australia.  It's true! 'The Australian Casebook' proves it and Lucy Sussex, one of the contributors to the anthology, explains how it is so.

Cass Moriarty and Lucy Sussex

Appeared in Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores (DreamHaven Books) Lucy Sussex was born in New Zealand in 1957. She has degrees in English and Librarianship from Monash University, and is a freelance researcher, editor and writer. She has published widely, writing anything from literary criticism to horror and detective stories. In addition she is a literary archaeologist, rediscovering and republishing the nineteenth-century Australian crime writers Mary Fortune and Ellen Davitt. Her short story, `My Lady Tongue’ won a Ditmar (Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award) in 1988. In 1994 she was a judge for the international Tiptree award, which honours speculative fiction exploring notions of gender. Her first adult novel, The Scarlet Rider, is about biography, Victorian detective fiction, voodoo and a ghost. Also in this episode: Keith Stevenson reviews  Managing Death by Trent Jamieson.

Appeared in Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores (DreamHaven Books) Lucy Sussex was born in New Zealand in 1957. She has degrees in English and Librarianship from Monash University, and is a freelance researcher, editor and writer. She has published widely, writing anything from literary criticism to horror and detective stories. In addition she is a literary archaeologist, rediscovering and republishing the nineteenth-century Australian crime writers Mary Fortune and Ellen Davitt. Her short story, `My Lady Tongue’ won a Ditmar (Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award) in 1988. In 1994 she was a judge for the international Tiptree award, which honours speculative fiction exploring notions of gender. Her first adult novel, The Scarlet Rider, is about biography, Victorian detective fiction, voodoo and a ghost. Also in this episode: Keith Stevenson reviews  Managing Death by Trent Jamieson.

The Duchess of Newcastle – Lucy Sussex