<p><strong>Susan J Bruce</strong> is a former veterinarian, turned award-winning author, professional copywriter and animal artist. Susan’s veterinary background invades her writing and animals run, fly, or crawl into nearly all of her tales. When Susan’s writing group challenged her to write a story that didn’t mention any animals—she failed! Susan lives in sunny South Australia with her husband, Marc, and their furred and feathered family. This currently includes a fat tortoiseshell cat, a rescue cockatiel, and an irrepressible ShiChi (Shih Tzu x Chihuahua) who thinks her mission in life is to stop Susan writing.</p>
<p><em>Running Scared</em> is Susan’s first novel and was awarded the 2018 Caleb Prize for an unpublished manuscript.</p>
<p>Visit Susan at www.susanjbruce.com.</p>
