Susan Mansfield is a writer and journalist who has been writing widely about the arts and literature in Scotland for nearly thirty years. A features and arts writer for The Scotsman from 2001 until 2013, she was shortlisted for Interviewer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards. Susan has been an art critic for The Scotsman since 2007. Her books include The Great Tapestry of Scotland: The Making of a Masterpiece (2013), and Victoria Crowe: 50 Years of Painting (2019).