Sue McCormick

Sue was born and raised in Lancashire, went to University in Aberystwyth then settled in Lancaster for 30 years before moving to Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway 7 years ago.

After University, she was an actor for forty years, working all over the country on stage, TV and radio. She directed site-specific Shakespeare and wrote plays, four of which were professionally produced.

In 2017, she completed an MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University and mostly retired from acting to concentrate on writing. Small Acts of Courage, her first novel, was short-listed for the Retreat West Novel Competition and was self-published in 2020

Sue has had stories shortlisted  for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the Fiction Factory Prize, the Yeovil Prize, the Wells Literary Prize and the Scottish Arts Club Short Story Competition.

She has had poems published in DREICH, SOUTHLIGHT and The Lit Room Anthology, AN ARTIST’S TALE

Red As Any Blood, published by Honno Press in September 2025, is the first in a cosy crime series, featuring amateur theatrical sleuths, Holly and Ivy. The second, Sharp as Any Thorn, will be out next year.

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