After studying biochemistry and pharmacology, and realising that she would far rather write about it than actually do it, Suzanne Elvidge has worked in publishing and journalism for 17 years. She makes a crust by working as a freelance writer and editor, writing on the healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. She also writes two regular columns for Christian Aid and Surefish website, one on ethical living and one on games, and composes pieces for teenagers in Taiwan learning English, on anything from René Magritte to cheese rolling in Gloucestershire. She’ll write anything for a fee… Also a fiction writer and poet, Suzanne has been writing since she could clutch a crayon. She writes short stories, poetry and articles, has been known to run a writing workshop, and has had stories and poems for adults and children published in anthologies and magazines. She keeps threatening to write a novel in her spare time. Suzanne has been involved in Greenbelt for pretty much ever, starting with poetry reading on the Bandstand in the Fringe. She programmed the Creative Living venues, including Between the Lines, for a few years, and now organises the Contributors’ Liaison teams. Suzanne lives in a rural idyll in the Peak District, down a long winding lane just beyond the neck end of nowhere, where she reads, writes, spins, listens to jazz, runs and struggles to prevent three cats eating everything free range in Derbyshire.