Susan Welfare, is an English

England

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 romantic fiction writer

Writer

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 who also writes under the pseudonyms Kate Lawson and Gemma Fox. She is also the creator of BBC

BBC

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 Radio Norfolk

BBC Radio Norfolk

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's first audio drama Little Bexham. She attended Downham Market

Downham Market

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 Grammar School and has lived in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 all her life.

Writing career

Sue Welfare began her career by writing erotic fiction for top shelf magazines after writing freelance for a variety of magazines including Practical Crafts and Young Soldier. In 1995 she had her first full length novel published by Black Lace. In 1995 she also won the Mail On Sunday opening of a novel competition.

Her first main stream novel, A Few Little Lies, was published by Harper Collins in 1998. In 2004 she began writing under the name Gemma Fox publishing Hot Pursuit, also through Harper Collins. In 2007 she wrote the BBC Radio Norfolk drama Little Bexham under the name Sue Welfare. 2008 saw her writing as Kate Lawson releasing Mum's the Word published by Avon

Avon (publishers)

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. She also teaches writing at UEA

UEA

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As Sue Welfare

• A Few Little Lies (1998)
• Just Desserts (1998)
• Off the Record (1999)
• Moving On Up (2000)
• Guilty Creatures (2001)
• Fallen Women (2002)
• Double Or Quits (2004)
• A Surprise Party (2011)

As Kate Lawson

• Mum's the Word (2008)
• Lessons in Love (2008)
• Keeping Mum (2009)
• Mother of the Bride (2010)