Susan Elkin is a successful and versatile journalist and author who was formerly an English teacher. She has written on a wide range of topics, from hedge trimming to education, and from theatre to vegetarian cuisine. The Alzheimer’s Diaries, which details her late husband’s illness (2022), and All Booked Up (2024), were both published by The Book Guild. This Writing Business is her 55th book. Susan now lives in South London, where she grew up.