Personal profile

Biography

Suzanne (she/they/iel) is a HUM Visiting Research Fellow in Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, specialising in crime fiction. Suzanne was born in Miami, Florida, obtained a juris doctor from the University of Florida, and, after a successful career as a legal editor and writer (both staff and freelance) in New York, moved to Norwich in September of 2019 to pursue a PhD in creative-critical writing at the University of East Anglia. Suzanne's stories have been published in the anthologies Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers, New Jersey Noir, Jewish Noir and other collections and crime fiction magazines in print and online. Their thesis is an intersectional feminist re-examination of the femme fatale figure in US and UK noir fiction and a novel entitled THE CONFIDENCE, exploring through the lens of crime fiction how patriarchy shapes the women we become. Suzanne was awarded the UEA American Library Scholarship for 2020-21 and 2021-22.

 

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Killing a Phantom: The Rise and Alleged Demise of the Femme Fatale in US and UK Noir Fiction and a novel, The Confidence, University of East Anglia

Award Date: 1 Dec 2023