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Hello.

I’m Susannah Stapleton, a writer and historical researcher from the UK, and winner of the 2026 CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. I have a particular interest in the early twentieth century and women’s lives – the more eccentric, the better!

Here you will find information about me and my books: The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective (about a real private detective working in Edwardian and interwar London), and That Dark Spring (about the life and mysterious death of the British artist Olive Branson in Provence in 1929).

Have a look around!

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