Susan Stokes-Chapman

Susan Stokes-Chapman was born in 1985 and grew up in the historic Georgian city of Lichfield, Staffordshire. She studied for four years at Aberystwyth University, graduating with a BA in Education & English Literature and an MA in Creative Writing.

Her debut novel Pandora was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller and has currently been translated into 16 languages. A loose reinterpretation of the Greek myth Pandora's Box set in eighteenth-century London, it tells the story of aspiring jewellery artist Dora Blake and her encounter with an ancient vase that her tyrannical uncle is desperately keen to keep secret. Her second novel The Shadow Key - a Gothic tale set against the mysterious Welsh landscape of 1783 - was released in April 2024. A short story collection in the vein of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer is to be published in 2025, with a third novel to follow in 2026.

You can find Susan on Instagram and Twitter(X) under the handle @SStokesChapman. Her website is www.susanstokeschapman.com. She lives in North West Wales, UK.