Sue Whisstock

Sue Whisstock was born in Woodbridge Suffolk, where her father was a boat-builder.   Growing up among boatbuilders, sailors and fishermen and hearing traditional stories and songs, she began writing her own stories and poems.

     A sociology graduate, she moved to London and then Oxfordshire, where she now lives, to begin a teaching career. Later, while working with adults and listening to other lives and backgrounds, Sue began writing full length fiction. Sue has two children and four grandchildren.

     After studying part-time at Oxford University for the Diploma in Creative Writing, Sue went on to study for her Masters in Creative Writing at Brunel University under the professorship of the late Fay Weldon, tutored by Celia Brayfield.

In 2017 Sue published her family memoir:

 ‘A History of Whisstock’s Boatyard, a photographic archive, portraying 60 years of a family boatyard building classic wooden yachts, which has sold some 550 copies. She now gives regular talks in her native Suffolk.

In 2023 she completed her novel:

‘Crosswinds’ by Sue Whisstock

A historical wartime novel set in England and America, spanning the second half of the twentieth century.