A distinguished Freelance Writer, Novelist and published Poet, Susan Wakefield is an expatriate Australian returning to her native Australia after a twenty year stint in The United States and France. An Honours in Creative Writing from Stanford, Susan is a savvy, seasoned writer, editor, ghostwriter and speech writer who has acquired a unique global perspective from her humble Australian beginnings. She is currently at work on her fifth novel, Decency, as she juggles ghostwriting and editorial efforts for Peninsula Writers on the Mornington Peninsula, as well as performing regularly on the Melbourne poetry scene. Well versed in the classics to modern literature with a Plathian bent, Susan has a vested interest, not only in the world of publishing, but in preserving and developing the history and future of the written word.