Suzanne McCourt is the author of THE LOST CHILD, a novel about family, identity and growing up in small town Australia during the 1950's. It will be released by Text Publishing in the UK in November, 2014, and in the US in March, 2015. Before starting her literary career, Suzanne worked in teaching, marketing and management. She has since published a collection of poems and her prize-winning short stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies. A keen traveller, Suzanne has sailed the Pacific with her husband, sharing their love of the sea. Suzanne lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is currently working on her second novel, THE YEAR OF THE WOLF, set in Poland and Russia during the early twentieth century. Praise for THE LOST CHILD: ‘The Lost Child is an assured and bittersweet coming-of-age tale with a vivid sense of time and place…The novel is a strong addition to the shelves of Australian literary fiction.' Australian Bookseller and Publisher 'There’s a watchful intensity to McCourt’s writing, a remarkable ability to discover within the most concrete details a rich and raw emotion…a novel that is at once very familiar and entirely fresh.’ Weekend Australian Review This book’s simple-seeming title gets more complex as it becomes apparent that there is more than one candidate for the role, and that “lost” can mean different things…the story is set south of the Coorong and that dramatic and sometimes eerie landscape is evoked with clarity and tenderness.’ Age/Sydney Morning Herald/Canberra Times 'Echoes of Tim Winton … plainspoken but deftly crafted, laced with both humour and searing sadness. Highly recommended.’ NZ Herald ‘[The Lost Child] reminds me of the quality of Ruth Park’s writing in evoking the strengths and weaknesses of a small community…and the tragedies and humour amongst the everyday…A multi-layered novel with symbolism which stays with you after the last page. A significant writer with compassion. Highly recommended for adult and YA readers.’ Hazel Edwards ‘Suzanne McCourt has with great empathy and skill created the turmoil in the mind of a little girl…a haunting story, it also demonstrates the power of the human psyche to overcome past difficulties and find ways to fully live.’ Otago Daily Times ‘…in portraying nature…McCourt’s writing is at its most fluent…she depicts the Coorong with the eye of a painter and poet…’ Australian Book Review ‘Written in beautiful, slow prose…This is a promising debut…You can’t help but be keen to see what she does next.’ Adelaide Advertiser ‘In his scholarly work, ‘The Country of Lost Children’, Peter Pierce presents a detailed analysis of the haunting presence of lost children in the history, art and literature of Australia. Suzanne McCourt’s first novel, ‘The Lost Child’, adds another disturbing narrative to the genre.’ Carmel Bird, The Guardian ‘McCourt’s writing is assured and sinuous.’ Belle Place, Readings ‘The story tugs at the heartstrings…I look forward to seeing what this author writes next.’ Waikato Times ‘A wonderful first novel…gripping and at times heart wrenching…will keep you turning the pages.’ The Big Book Club