
After finishing a Bachelor of Journalism degree at Carleton University, Sue worked on a weekly newspaper in Renfrew and then went on to complete a Master of Library and Information at Western University. She was a librarian in Ottawa for many years, working in departmental libraries with the federal government.
Her interest in short stories began in the mid-1990s when she took workshops with Ottawa writer Richard Taylor. She attended a summer week-long workshop at the Humber School for Writers. She recently began taking writing courses in the Creative Writing certificate program at the University of Toronto.
Sue has had three short stories published.
“Highway 28 Revisited” in Capital Writers; an anthology. Ottawa: Ottawa Independent Writers, 2012
“Night Art” in BlazeVox online journal Spring 2020
“Skinny Jeans” in BlazeVox online journal Fall 2021
In the summer of 2021, Sue began writing her current work. Dread Comes at Daybreak is her debut novel. She lives in Ottawa with her husband, adult son, and one cat. She has spent time in Cobourg, as her parents retired from Ottawa to a house in the heritage district in the mid 1980s. Sue is descended from Davidsons who settled in Hamilton Township. She has fond memories of family gatherings at the homestead.